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The Male Pill: When Is It Coming?

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The Birth Control Drug - A Scientific Dream

In the late 1950s, scientists at Oregon State Penitentiary gave 60 prisoners a birth control drug. The men's sperm counts plummeted and they were infertile - but it didn't last too long. A side effect caused one man to get sick with alcohol poisoning from drinking Jim Beam or Jack Daniels while in prison.

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