MINISTERS were urged today to guarantee that drug addicts get help within seven days of seeking treatment.
The Scottish Socialist Party wants initial assessments to take place and care packages to be drawn up within a week of drug-users coming forward.
SSP drugs spokeswoman Rosemary Byrne was telling MSPs that should be a statutory right for drug-users looking for help.
And the Socialists argue that should be an integrated package of care, including if necessary, residential treatment.
But Ms Byrne claimed today that such care was not available to many addicts at present.
She said: "The rich can afford Priory-style first-class treatment but far too many working-class kids are parked on methadone."
Edinburgh Evening News
