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methadone. An initial £4 million investment in Buvidal was rubber stamped after a glowing report in the wake of a pilot scheme in Scottish prisons.

First Minister conceded her administration had not matched the response of grassroots organisations and said she had an “open mind” on legislation.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The boss of a drugs recovery project hopes their work will help shape plans to fight ­Scotland’s drug death crisis.Donnie McGilveray, manager of Alternatives in West Dunbartonshire, had a meeting with drugs policy minister Angela Constance last week after the Scottish Government recently unveiled a £250million pot to tackle the emergency.It came after figures last year showed drug deaths rose to a record new

drug deaths.The solemn gesture came as Labour’s health spokesperson Monica Lennon demanded an immediate £20 million package to fund residential rehab in Scotland.That sum, which would match the entire budget of the Scottish Drug Deaths Task Force, reflects the high cost if such treatment, which has been all but abandoned in Scotland in recent years.New drugs policy minister Angela Constance pledged to secure enough funding to bring Scotland’s shoddy rehab services - currently funding a meagre 22

link.“All political parties should be willing to work together to end the stigma, save lives and to help Scotland’s recovery community thrive.”Former public health minister Joe FitzPatrick has since been sacked by the Scottish Government and a new minister for drugs policy, Angela Constance, has been appointed in the role.

Nicola Sturgeon is to meet Scotland’s Lord ­Advocate to discuss a possible ­turnaround on controversial drug laws.The First Minister made the pledge to activist Peter Krykant, whose mobile ­Overdose Prevention Centre, run from a converted minibus, is testing the resolve of police and prosecutors.After online talks with ­Sturgeon and new drugs policy minister Angela Constance last night, Krykant told the Record: “If you asked me a few weeks ago I’d have said I had zero hope of Scotland’s drug

drugs minister has promised a rapid “step change” backed with “significant” extra funding.Angela Constance admitted the time for talk is over and action must come immediately, with fast results.She told the Daily Record that she is prepared to be personally judged on results in the same way as her ­predecessor, Joe FitzPatrick, before he was forced to resign last week.Constance said: “The First Minister has said we own this crisis and I will own our successes and I will own our failures.“I don’t

Joe FitzPatrick, who left the post last week.FitzPatrick quit after being roundly criticised over drugs death figures.Gougeon, SNP MSP for Angus North and Mearns, was the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment.In her new post, she will play a key role in tackling the pandemic and will have responsibility for COVID-19 testing.Angela Constance has been nominated to be the new Minister for Drugs Policy.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "Mairi Gougeon has proven herself to be a

“The Scottish Government has both the ability and moral obligation to do this.” SNP MSP for Almond Valley, Angela Constance, said: “West Lothian like the rest of Scotland is experiencing the hardship of a significant rise in unemployment due to the double whammy of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.“What we need now as a matter of urgency is a Job Guarantee Scheme particularly for young people who are at most risk from the long-term effects of unemployment.

SNP and Labour MSPs are consulting the public on how to bring about a revolution in the “broken” social care system.Nationalist Angela Constance and Labour leader Richard Leonard are separately reaching out for views on a national care service, which could dismantle the largely privately-owned status quo.Constance, a former SNP Education Secretary, is calling for the Scottish Government to produce a blueprint before next year’s election.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to

MSP Angela Constance has backed a new campaign aimed at preventing avoidable accidents in the home to ease pressure on the NHS during the Covid-19 outbreak.