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(University of Montreal) Narcotics have an irreversible effect on the brains of people already suffering from mental illness, according to Dr. Stephane Potvin of the Universite de Montreal affiliated Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin at the Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital. According to his research, some 33 to 50 percent of psychiatric patients also suffer from drug addiction

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