Veterans Affairs Medical Center -

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
is located at 1601 Brenner Avenue Salisbury, NC. 28144 and can be contacted by calling 704-638-9000 x3189. Veterans Affairs Medical Center offers treatment services for Alcoholism, Illicit Drug Addiction and Prescription Drug Abuse

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Health Services, Transitional Living Services, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Residential Short-Term Treatment for Alcoholism, Residential Long-Term Treatment for Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Lesbian and Gay, Over 50, Women, Men
Payment Options: Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Self Pay

In 1992, out of the $66.7 billion in estimated productivity loss for employees with past or current alcoholism, losses were greatest for male employees who initiated drinking before age 15.
A study by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) indicates that acetaldehyde, the primary breakdown product of ethanol and a known carcinogen, does increase the incidence of upper gastrointestinal cancer.
The United States has implemented the strictest youth drinking laws in the Western world, including the highest minimum drinking age in the entire world.
Women have a smaller quantity of dehydrogenase, an enzyme that breaks down alcohol.

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