More than 850 babies have been born with addiction issues in Scotland in the last four years, 'heartbreaking' figures have shown.
Picture: Alamy"Heartbreaking" new figures have shown that more than 850 babies have been born with addiction issues in Scotland in the last four years.
The figures, revealed by a Freedom of Information request by the Scottish Liberal Democrats, show that a total of 173 such births were recorded in both 2019-20 and 2020-21 - which was a fall from 205 in 2018-19 and 249 in 2017-18.The party's leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton, said the "utterly heart-breaking" figures showed more cash needed to be invested in drug and alcohol services.
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