More than 1,500 UK babies born addicted to drugs each year

NHS figures show increase of 22% in number of cases over last 10 years from 1,192 in 2004-5 to 1,536 in past 12 months

More than 1,500 babies are born addicted to drugs every year, NHS figures show.

They include cases where doctors have been forced to give opiates to babies in order to wean them off heroin.

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