Figures obtained by the Shropshire Star under a Freedom of Information request show that 52 women with addictions had babies between 2012 and the end of last year.

The women were addicted to a variety of substances, from heroin and crack cocaine to sleeping tablets. Almost half of the babies were born in 2012, with 12 born to mothers with heroin addictions, five to cannabis-addicted mothers, three to alcoholics and two each to mothers addicted to cocaine and methadone.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.