http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3557297
"A renewed Government drive to break the links between drugs and crime was announced by the Prime Minister today with a radical extension of drug testing for offenders and new powers to deal with drug dealers.
New laws will be introduced to enable the police to test those arrested for a trigger offence for Class A drugs on arrest rather than on charge, and introduce mandatory assessment for suspects who test positive.
Powers to ensure that drug dealers who swallow their drugs to avoid detection do not slip through the net will also be introduced.
The changes will make the Government’s flagship Drug Intervention Programme – which targets drug-using offenders to get them off drugs, into treatment and away from crime – even more effective. The programme is working to break the links between drugs and crime."
