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Pleasant Point Health Center
Pleasant Point Health Center
is located at Pleasant Point Sipayik Perry, ME. 4667 and can be contacted by calling 207-853-0644 x264. Pleasant Point Health Center offers treatment services for Prescription Drug Abuse, Alcoholism and Illicit Drug Addiction

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, DUI - DWI Offenders, American Indian and Alaska Native Languages
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Medicare Assistance, Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Payment Help

When alcohol is consumed into the body it is converted to acetaldehyde in the liver. Acetaldehyde is a toxic substance that can be harmful to the body. For the normal drinker, the liver quickly coverts acetaldehyde into a substance called acetic acid. Acetic acid does not have the same toxic or harmful qualities as acetaldehyde. The body then converts acetic acid into carbon dioxide and water which is released through the body�'s urinary and respiratory systems.
A recent study compared the brain scans of teens who consume alcohol heavily with the scans of teens that don't. The study found damaged nerve tissue in the brains of the teens that drank. This damage negatively affects attention span in boys, and girls' ability to comprehend and interpret visual information.
A warning sign of alcohol dependency includes the inability to remember some of the events of the previous evening or feeling anxious in a social situation where there is no alcohol.
Research indicates that laws prohibiting possession or purchase of alcohol by youth can influence underage drinking-and-driving fatalities. Between 1988, when these laws were instituted, and 1995, alcohol-related traffic fatalities for people aged 15�''20 declined by nearly half, from 4,187 to 2,212.

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