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[newstalk.com] , Murphy, Eoghan Nearly 100 new-born babies are treated for drug-withdrawal symptoms every year. (25 May 2022)

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The babies are born with drug dependencies due to their mothers' use of addictive drugs during pregnancy. New Freedom of Information figures, released to Newstalk by the HSE, reveal that 937 babies were treated for drug withdrawal symptoms in the 10 years between 2011 and 2020. There was a total of 85 in 2020....


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