Eleven babies were born to drug-addicted mothers between January and September last year.

Health Minister Joseph Cassar told Labour MP Adrian Vassallo that one of the mothers was under 20 years old, another was between 20 and 24 and four were between 25 and 29 years of age. The others were in their thirties.

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