Scotland's drugs minister aimed her guns at local authority bosses after the nation’s response to our drug death crisis was labelled “a disaster”.
Angela Constance is issuing Ministerial Directions to bosses in charge of drug treatment agencies, including local authorities - putting their jobs on the line if they continue to miss vital targets.
Constance read the riot act in the Scottish Parliament after a damning report by Public Health Scotland revealed that Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards, due to be fully in place by April this year, have not even started in many health areas.
