A look inside the brain of a 29-year-old drug user

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A Look Inside The Brain Of A 29-Year-Old Drug User
A Look Inside The Brain Of A 29-Year-Old Drug User

Tyler has been using drugs for the past 10 years, including heroin and cocaine.

While Tyler -- who has been arrested 14 times and gone through drug treatment programs nine different times – and his family struggle to get Tyler's life back on track, Dr. Phil asked Tyler to undergo a brain scan to look at the dramatic impact his drug use has had on his brain.

Watch the video above as Dr. Bradley Jabour discusses the results of the brain scan, and why he compares the way drugs effect the brain to "pouring acid into a computer."

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