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... Whether the paranoid psychosis due to amphetamine or cocaine use represents the causative condition for occasional violent behavior or the psychopathology preceding drug use is unclear at present. The relatively infrequent occurrences of violent activities in stimulant abusers appear to result from brain dopamine changes that are counteracted by treatment with antipsychotic drugs.
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