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‘Drug outbreak’ behind LiLo’s rehab switch

Lindsay Lohan checked out of the Betty Ford Clinic to Cliffside Malibu yesterday, and a possible drug outbreak at the world famous drug treatment center might be the reason behind the switch.

FOX411’s Pop Tarts Column reports that a visitor of a patient brought a prohibited substance, Oxycontin, into the facility and distributed it to several other patients.

It’s said that Lohan did not partake but a source said, “She heard what was going on and was really upset by it and wanted to get out,” adding, “She’s been doing really well detoxing and didn’t want to be around the temptation of more drugs…Lindsay also wanted to be at a place where she would receive more one-on-one treatment time.”

A woman who claims to be the mother of one of the patients at Betty Ford told the column that she allegedly transferred her 20-something daughter to another facility because she was one of the several girls allegedly given a drug. The mother did not confirm the substance was Oxycontin.

“She was afraid of a relapse,” said the mother. “Some of those who took it have now left voluntarily.”

Prohibited substances are reportedly “not that difficult” to sneak into Betty Ford as “visitors are not rigorously checked.”

An insider said, “I just check my phone and go in.”

A rep for Betty Ford declined to comment on the alleged drug outbreak in the center. The rep said that visiting hours for non-staff members of non-patients are only allowed inside Sunday afternoons during family visiting time, and that they are not searched for potentially banned substances.

FOX411 also reports that while there is no evidence that the troubled “Mean Girls” actress took banned substances, she was by no means perfectly behaved, and having her there became “problematic” for them too as she “couldn’t follow the rules.”

A source close to Lohan, however, denied the alleged problems and said that her team had received no such indication or report that she had stepped out of line in any way, and that she left Betty Ford as she simply needed a change in the course of her treatment.

“Betty Ford is 30 days and it starts getting repetitive,” said the source.