Drug Addicts To Get £5m Shopping Vouchers

Drug addicts will be given shopping vouchers under a scheme which will cost up to £5 million a year. The plans will see around 36,000 drug addicts in England given between £70 and £150 a year for accessing treatment and health programmes and staying clean.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), which announced the move, said it was cost-effective in the long run.