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Jesse Brown VAMC
Jesse Brown VAMC
is located at 820 South Damen Avenue Chicago, IL. 60612 and can be contacted by calling 312-569-8387. Jesse Brown VAMC offers treatment services for Alcoholism, Illicit Drug Addiction and Prescription Drug Abuse

Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Inpatient Hospital Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Over 50
Payment Options: Insurance - Military

The medulla is the part of your brain that controls basic survival functions such as breathing and heartbeat. When you've consumed so much alcohol that the medulla is affected, your brain's ability to control respiration and heart rate is severely diminished. Your heart rate can drop and breathing cease, causing death, at blood alcohol levels as low as .30%.
An estimated 17 percent of 9th grade girls report having had five or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion during the previous month.
Research has shown that long-term drug and alcohol abuse costs business and industry an estimated $100 billion annually. Alcoholism alone causing 500 million lost work days a year.
Excessive alcohol use over time can result in psychiatric problems, including depression, anxiety, and suicide.

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