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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

‘I was a newborn addicted to crystal meth and heroin – no one should have such a tough start to life’

Callum Hesketh was born addicted to Class A drugs and spent four months in intensive care - (Supplied)

It’s hard to imagine a more difficult start to life than the early days of Callum Hesketh.

He spent his first four months in intensive care after suffering a stroke and a cardiac arrest as hospital staff attempted to wean him off crystal meth and heroin – after he was born to a mother addicted to Class Adrugs.

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