Time Tay Change, which is a community partnership between NHS and the Scottish Association for Mental Health, has been running for four years and the contract is now coming to an end.

I do not understand why this project is closing at a time when it is needed more than ever.

There are approximately 400 addicts attending this drug rehabilitation project.

They have managed to stabilise their chaotic drug use because they want to turn their lives around and stay drug-free.

The staff there are totally committed to helping these people and offer one-to-one support as well as offering them help with relapse prevention.

What is to become of those staff who have worked in this specialised area and have obviously received a lot of training to work with people with addictions?

The 400 addicts who attend this project are being transferred back to the Drug Problem Centre, whose resources are already stretched to the limit and this will put them in a very vulnerable situation.

There is very little help in Dundee for people with a drug addiction and now there will be even less when this project closes. — Despairing Parent.

[NHS Tayside Strategy and Performance Manager Neil Fraser said, “The contract with SAMH was for four years and comes to an end on October 31.

“From then on, the support for patients engaged with Time Tay Change will be offered by Tayside Drug Problem Service, who are currently recruiting additional staff to ensure adequate resources are in place for patients to be given the most effective rehabilitation.

“Additional staff are also being recruited to progress the development of improving services for parents with drug problems.

“These changes are part of a wider reorganisation and expansion of our drug problem services to provide much quicker access to treatment and support.”]

It was a great night and it was good to catch up with old classmates.

Thanks go to Brian Bolden who organised this event.

Also thanks to the Tele for helping us with the appeal through the readers page. — Eddie Mahoney.

It seems ironic, since it was only a week ago the council went round judging gardens for the Dundee In Bloom competition.

The council says it’s behind, but I can’t imagine their response if I told them I was too broke to pay my rent and council tax. — W. Morrison, Caird Avenue, Dundee.

Despite being only a stone’s throw away from Dundee, Invergowrie and Longforgan are policed from Perth.

That said, being policed and run administratively from 17 miles or so away has always been the wish of an overwhelming majority of Carse residents who prefer to see themselves as Perthshire.

But, as the Longforgan anti-social behaviour incident proves, this arrangement can have a serious downside, too. — Observer.

As part of a review, Diageo made a business decision designed to save £millions.

Can Mr Salmond take business decisions for the company? — Footsie Shareholder.