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A police task force in New South Wales, Australia is debating using drugs to ‘chemically castrate’ child sex offenders.

The state already uses the controversial drugs on a voluntary basis – but the new move would mean judges would be able to sentence paedophiles to have to take the drugs.

The anti-libido drugs reduce sexual desire and can remove the ability to perform sexually.

New South Wales Justice Minister Troy Grant said, ‘One of the worrying statistics that came out of our investigation is that up to 17 per cent of child sex offenders are likely to reoffend in two years.


‘We must do everything possible to reduce that figure.’

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