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North Carolina Baptist Hospital
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
is located at 791 Jonestown Road Winston Salem, NC. 27103 and can be contacted by calling 336-716-4551. North Carolina Baptist Hospital offers treatment services for Prescription Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Inpatient Hospital Treatment, Over 50, Hearing Impaired Clients
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Medicare Assistance, Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Self Pay

Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that is rapidly absorbed from the stomach and small intestine into the bloodstream.
An estimated 30,000 college students a year require medical treatment after overdosing on alcohol.
Blackouts most likely occur because the function of the hippocampus, the part of the brain that registers memory, is depressed by alcohol; whether these memories do not get registered or whether they become registered but cannot be retrieved, have not been determined.
A study done by the Journal of the American Medical Association said that sales to under-age drinkers amount to nearly 20 percent of the total alcohol market, or about $20 billion in illegally purchased alcohol.

For more information, visit www.drug-rehabs.org.