CHEMICAL CASTRATION PROGRAM DEBATED BY LAWMAKERS

Associated Press State Local Wire

Advocates of a bill allowing chemical castration of sexual predators in Nevada say it shouldhelp stop repeat attacks by the same rapist, but concede the plan leaves many questions unanswered.According to the Associated Press State Local Wire, AB56 would create a voluntary program, usingpsychotherapy and testosterone-reducing drugs such as Depo-Provera for first and second time,nonviolent molesters and rapists who are paroled. Don Molde, mental health director for theDepartment of Prisons, told the Assembly Judiciary Committee, I personally believe thatDepo-Provera and other chemicals have a place in