The number of babies in Scotland to have started out life addicted to alcohol and drugs continues to raise concern.

A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery ...

SInce 2017 at least 1663 babies have spent the first days of their lives withdrawing from drugs and received treatment for NAS, health stats reveal.

The research suggests that more than 200 babies born each year are born with an addiction to drugs and have to receive treatment for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) as infants.