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Tue 07 Jul 2007A chemical solution to an obsessive problemTVScope:Chemical Castration Channel 4, Thursday, 10.35pmEarlier this summer, the then British home secretary John Reid announced that anti-depressants would be offered to some paedophiles on an experimental basis to help them control their sexual urges following their release from prison.