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I am not saying that enforcement is not necessary, but that my interest has moved towards treatment and rehabilitation.The statistics in Scotland are frightening. The latest figure from Professor Neil McKegney is that there are 55,000 addicts.
There is now an opportunity—I hope that the new First Minister or those in the new Cabinet are listening—for the post of dedicated minister for the environment to be reinstated.
Does the committee agree that we should consider in private at a future meeting our approach to fact-finding visits as part of our inquiry into business growth?
That is why the work of the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency will be put on a statutory footing and will have a new structure and new powers to recruit police officers and support staff directly.