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  • Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC
  • Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC
    is located at 130 Executive Center Parkway Fredericksburg, VA. 22401 and can be contacted by calling 540-370-4468. Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC offers treatment services for Prescription Drug Abuse, Alcoholism and Illicit Drug Addiction

    Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Over 50
    Payment Options: Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military

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  • In the past three years, the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento saw a 30 percent increase in children between 12 and 17 checking into the ER with injuries from binge drinking, with higher blood alcohol levels than in the past.
  • The reason that some individuals can drink heavily and not experience a blackout is due to biological variability; different people have different sensitivities to the effects of drinking alcohol.
  • Social drinkers who binge can get irregular heartbeats from their alcohol use.
  • Emergency room doctors are now being trained on screening patients that are coming in for alcohol abuse problems; this creates an opportunity for these physicians to be actively involved in helping to reduce the growing rate of alcoholism within the community.

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