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Drugs for Bad Behavior Cause Alarming Weight Gain in Kids, ‘Terrifying Study’ Finds

In what was dubbed a “terrifying study,” researchers found that antipsychotics used “off-label” in children as young as 2 years old are causing severe weight gains in the children who take them. Some teenagers on these drugs gain as much as 50 pounds, National Post reports. The drugs are used as a form of “social control” — and while some uses may be justified, it still sets them up for a future of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, critics say...