Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor urges Scots heroin users to try drug-free electro therapy
Ewan McGregor wants Scots heroin users to try a drug-free treatment to break the cycle of addiction.The actor, who played Mark Renton in Trainspotting, urged the Scottish Government to investigate neuro electric therapy after narrating a documentary charting successful trials in the US.NET was developed in the 70s by Hong Kong-based Scots surgeon Meg Patterson, whose previous patients included rock stars Eric Clapton, Keith Moon and Boy George.It uses tiny pulses of electrical currents to stimulate brain chemicals which can ease addicts through a comfortable, pain-free withdrawal.Drugs minister Angela Constance has dismissed the treatment claiming it is “no more effective than a placebo”.Scotland has the worst drug-death toll in Europe and