From the early 1990s to the present, Canadian soldiers have been given a powerful anti-malaria drug to protect them when they are deployed. However, Mefloquine?, also known as Lariam, does more than prevent malaria. In some people mefloquine can cause a host of serious mental disorders, ranging from night terrors and malaise to full on psychosis. If taken with alcohol, the effects of Melfquoine can be drastically amplified, causing dangerously violent behvaiour. Ridgeway, On.Monday December 22, 2014. Bob Tymczyszyn/St. Catharines Standard/QMI Agency
