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INVERCLYDE'S MP is lobbying for fresh financial support for a lifesaving drug rehab unit in Greenock. Ronnie Cowan, who is the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group at Westminster on drug policy reform, says he has spoken to Scottish Government minister Angela Constance MSP regarding drugs policy and highlighted the work of Jericho House. Michael Trail of Jericho spoke to the Telegraph recently saying that the service, which puts the focus on abstinence in its recovery work, was struggling to survive. He has expressed doubt that the organisation will receive a slice of a new...

BOSSES at a life-saving drug rehab service which is under the threat of closure fear they will not receive a slice of a government £250m cash boost. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced major new investment to try and get a grip of Scotland's worsening drugs deaths crisis. Inverclyde's drug-related death rate is among the among the worst in the country, with 33 lives claimed in 2019. But Michael Trail, of Jericho House, is sceptical about whether his charity will see any of the money despite having a track record of success. He told the Telegraph: "I know it might sound lik...

DRUGS recovery organisations are calling on the Scottish Government to provide more funding for rehab beds ahead of new figures for drugs-related deaths being published tomorrow. The delayed figures for 2019 will be released tomorrow after drugs-related deaths in Scotland accounted of the death of 1,187 people in 2018. The Scottish Conservatives have pointed to a £20 million Scottish recovery fund which the party claims is needed to replace historic cuts to rehabilitation programmes and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The plans have been backed by rehab and recovery groups. CE...