Only a handful of drug addicts who have used the controversial £ 2.3 million drugs 'shooting gallery' of the SNP have been referred for recovery treatment, the post on Sunday can reveal.
Only two percent of the visits to the Distel in Glasgow have seen users run away from the destructive cycle of addiction.
The center – the first in the UK – was opened nine weeks ago to allow users to inject hard drugs under medical supervision without fear of persecution.
Prime Minister John Swinney and Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain promised that it helps to connect addicts with important services, including recovery treatment, housing associations and the benefit system.
Nevertheless, a new analysis shows that a small minority of people who use the site have been referred for help to get rid of drugs.
Last night the SNP was accused of breaking his promises about the drug recovery room by campaigners and politicians.
According to the statistics of the Scottish government, there have only been 27 references to treatment programs, housing and benefit schemes since the site was opened in January.
That is only 1.8 percent of the 1,435 visits that were brought by 168 people to the injecting site for injecting drugs until 17 March.
It comes as bosses in the center funded by the SNP that they wanted to build an 'inhalation room' for smoking crack-cocaine in the facility to attract more users.
The controversial facility for injecting medicines was open earlier this year
The center was established to tackle the scourge of drugs in Scotland
John Swinney attends the opening of the center, but his government was heavily criticized because he has not gotten the drug problem in Scotland
Annemarie Ward, Van Addiction Recovery Charity Favor UK, said: 'These figures are deeply concerned and expose what many of us fear from the start – that the Drug Consumption Facility (DCF) mainly functions as a damage maintenance service instead of a real bridge for recovery.
'The city council of the Scottish government and the Glasgow have promoted this facility as a crucial intervention to connect people with treatment, mental health care and housing.
“Nevertheless, the data speaks for itself: with only 1.8 percent of the visits that leads to any form of reference, the promise of meaningful involvement simply did not come true.”
Mrs. Ward added that the model seemed to be easy to 'strengthen long -term dependence', while 'life -saving, recovery -oriented interventions are offside'.
Spokesperson Annie Wells MSP of the Scottish conservative drugs said: 'SNP ministers greeted this new facility as a silver bullet to tackle Scotland's drug death crisis, but the early signs are not good.
'When such a pathetic amount of people are referred to suitable services, there is a danger that people remain trapped in addiction.
“Scotland has the worst death figure in Europe and yet the SNP is still unable to prioritize the treatment.”
When plans for the thistle were announced, Saket Priyadarshi, associated medical director of the Glasgow Council's alcohol and drug services, said that there was 'strong proof' that the center would “offer a seriously marginalized group access to the treatment and support that they have missed for years.”
He continued that “one of the Distel objectives is to support service users to deal with opportunities to improve their quality of life – housing, benefits, health, making these” important steps in recovery. “
The SNP government also greeted the benefits of the Center for connecting users with important services and has committed itself to making up to £ 2.3 million available per year to pay the facility.
Prime Minister John Swinney said it would enable people to inject in a clean environment with medical help at the hand in case 'catastrophic went wrong'.
But he added: “They will also have access to advice and support and counseling to help them follow a different path, a way to recovery.”
The pilot was able to continue – despite the British drug laws – because of a decision by the highest legal officer in Scotland, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain, who said it would not be in the public interest to prosecute people who used it.
She said that she was 'satisfied' that it would “offer a way for supporting services to get in touch with some of the most vulnerable people in society.”
A spokeswoman for GHSCP said: 'We are only three months after a pilot of three years. The Distel has already saved lives during the early weeks of operation. It offers daily support to a very vulnerable group of people, some of whom have never been working on services before.
'There have been 27 registered references on secondary services, including housing and support services such as addiction repair and mental health care. There has been other activities in supporting people to re -employ services for which they are open, but have not been present for a while. '
A spokesperson for the Scottish government said: “Glasgow HSCP anticipates an increased involvement in the recovery services of addictions as the facility is determined more. Because of his ability to respond quickly in the case of an overdose, the service has already saved lives. '
