A row has broken out over methadone programmes and the effectiveness of residential rehabilitation for drug addicts.
It came after details emerged of occupancy rates in some centres of below 50% at a time when drug deaths are rising.
It has been reported that Beechwood House in Inverness has only 40% occupancy while Phoenix Futures in Glasgow is only half full. Drugs charity the Scottish Recovery Consortium wants a summit to try to find out why the rates are so low.
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