Public health chiefs have claimed a big improvement in the implementation of drug treatment reforms that were branded a “disaster” a year ago.
The controversial Medication Assisted Treatment Standards are two years behind schedule but are now being adhered to more closely by all Alcohol and Drug partnerships in Scotland.
Bosses of ADPs were warned by then drugs minister Angela Constance 12 months ago that their jobs were at threat if they failed to ensure the rights-based reforms were not offered to anyone asking for treatment for addiction.
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