'Sedation link' to birth defects

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Hundreds of girls heavily sedated in UK care homes during the 1970s and 1980s may be at risk of having children with birth defects, the BBC has found.

Radio 4's Today found 10 ex-residents of a children's home run by the Church of England in Gravesend, Kent, have had children with a birth defect.

They were given massive doses of tranquilisers and other drugs while being restrained as teenagers.

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One childcare expert said hundreds of children may have been drugged in the care system across the UK throughout the 70s and 80s, potentially subjecting them to the same health risks as those learnt about by the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7985912.stm

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1. This is a real tragedy. My opinion is moving in the direction

that the drug industry does cause more problems than it corrects. We have to be very careful how we drug. Unfortunatley it looks like drugs were used for compliance reasons.