A drug addict who was on heroin for five years has claimed he has been cured by a revolutionary treatment.

Barry Philips, 24, from Kilmarnock, said Neuro-Electric Therapy, which sends electric pulses through the brain, had made him drug-free.

He said the treatment enabled him to come off heroin in only five days.

The Scottish Executive is now backing further research into NET which was being discussed at a conference in Kirkcaldy on Friday.

Ken Barrie, director of Alcohol and Drug Studies at Paisley University, said the treatment could be used as a first step.

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