More than 50,000 people, including children as young as 11, perished at the Australian #Wacol Mental Asylum after it was established in 1865. Since the institution was shut down in 2001, survivors of the Brisbane-based mental asylum have come forward to tell stories of shocking stories of systematic rape, electroshock, intellectual abuse, physical torture and being force-fed drugs.
According to the Brisbane Times, several women were able to access their files from #Wolston Park, documenting the drugs they were given as children, mostly on a daily basis. Those drugs included Haloperidol, Paraldehyde (used to melt plastic!), Mellaril, Largactil, Neulactil and Valium. Paraldehyde is a drug that was used to melt plastic (when it wasn't being used in Wacol) and has since been removed from the list of legal drugs in Australia.
The exact number of Wacol Asylum survivors is unknown, however, it’s believed there are no more than six left today. https://abandonedworldphotography.com/2018/09/23/abandoned-wolston-park-hospital-brisbane-australia/