SNP miss key targets for drug treatment and care

Responding to the news that the SNP government are still missing the key Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards for drug care and treatment, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“When 100 people a month are dying in Scotland’s drug deaths emergency, missed targets and patchwork care isn’t good enough.

“Drug misuse casts a long shadow across Scotland. That’s why my party made access to drug and alcohol services a major part of our budget negotiations earlier this year.

“If ministers are serious about delivering these standards, they need to properly support services and staff, roll out a network of safe consumption rooms and introduce new drug checking facilities. That’s how we can stop people dying and get people the help they need.”