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Eastern Kansas VA Healthcare Systems
Eastern Kansas VA Healthcare Systems
is located at 2200 SW Gage Boulevard Topeka, KS. 66622 and can be contacted by calling 785-350-3111. Eastern Kansas VA Healthcare Systems offers treatment services for Prescription Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Health Services, Alcohol Detox, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Inpatient Hospital Treatment
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Medicare Assistance, Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Self Pay, Sliding-Scale Fee, Payment Help

In 2009, 27.6 percent of senior high school respondents surveyed admitted to being drunk within the past 30 days.
Scientists now believe that certain factors in a person's environment influence whether a person with a genetic risk for alcoholism ever develops the health problem. A person's risk for developing alcoholism can increase based on the person's environment, including where and how he or she lives; family, friends, and culture; peer pressure; and even how easy it is to get alcohol.
Because alcohol is a depressant in the body, high doses of the drug can reduce cell activity; when alcohol is removed from the cells, they recover in a way that produces a change toward stimulation. The body's attempt to produce "normalcy" often leads to over-stimulation, which is known as withdrawal ;thus, binge drinking often leads to a "hangover" (headache, increased stomach acidity, early morning awakening, etc.), and long -term heavy drinking often leads to the "shakes", delirium (hallucinations), and in some instances, seizures.
If consuming alcohol is delayed until age 21, a child's risk of serious alcohol problems is decreased by 70 percent.

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