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Labour Party Leader Visits Castle Craig

By Michael McAndrews , 7 Sep 2012

On the 23rd August 2012 Castle Craig was visited by the Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Johann Lamont MSP. Upon her arrival at Castle Craig, Ms Lamont met with the Chairman, Peter McCann, and had a detailed discussion about the services available at Castle Craig and the concerning decline of NHS admissions into abstinence-based rehabilitation programmes.

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Is the NHS Trying to Kill Rehab Clinics?

By Rupert Wolfe Murray , 7 Apr 2012

Drugs and alcohol are getting a lot of airtime these days – David Cameron recently launched his new Alcohol Strategy and Sir Richard Branson leads the charge against the so-called War on Drugs. There is more debate on these issues than there has been for years.

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The Concordat Graduates

By Dominic McCann , 11 Oct 2011

The Concordat Graduates is a group of former patients of rehab centres who have made it their mission to ensure that more people are offered the opportunity to go into residential rehab treatment.

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Visit by Helen Eadie MSP

By Dominic McCann , 11 Oct 2011

helen eadie msp scottish labour partyOn Monday 3rd October, the MSP Helen Eadie, of the Scottish Labour Party, visited Castle Craig.  Her visit came in response to an email that Peter McCann had sent out to all MSPs referring to the effects of the drug methadone on the brain:  especially cognitive impairment.

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