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Perth couple jailed after giving children excessive doses of addictive pain medication

The couple committed the offences over eight years.  (ABC News: Brant Cumming)

The Perth parents who gave their three children excessive doses of powerful and addictive pain medications over almost a decade have been handed jail terms.

The couple, who cannot be named to protect the identity of their children, had each admitted three offences of "engaging in conduct that was reckless and may have resulted in the children suffering".

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