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Denver Indian Health and Family Servs
Denver Indian Health and Family Servs
is located at 1633 Fillmore Street Denver, CO. 80206 and can be contacted by calling 303-953-6600. Denver Indian Health and Family Servs offers treatment services for Alcoholism, Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Addiction

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Court Appointed Client Services, Hearing Impaired Clients
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Self Pay

It is important that we support alcohol research funding, as many aspects of alcohol's health effects still needs to be studied to see if there is a major detrimental or causative effect: some systems of the body that have not yet been studied include the immune system, breast cancer, throat/oral cancer, prostate cancer, sex hormone function, kidney function, gall bladder function, and arthritis.
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.
Between 1993 and 2001, the proportion of students who "drink to get drunk" rose by 21%.
Much research that is related to alcohol has consistently indicated that the long-term use of high amounts of alcohol is known to damage brain cells; it is not yet clear whether alcohol abuse (as in binge drinking0 over the short term can permanently damage nerve cell neurotransmitter receptors.

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