If the answer

[Returnofrros]

To drug addiction is tax payer funded drugs.

Why is alcohol addiction not free alcohol.......it's apparently increasing the minimum price of a pint.

[The AuldYin]

It is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64464406

[Returnofrros]

It is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64464406

So my follow up question wud be......

If minimum pricing ain't helping the addicted as they are giving them alcohol, why in god's name does every other person who enjoys a drink punished?

Heard Patrick deviant harvie twittering on about 75p per unit......why.

[The AuldYin]

I read about it a few years ago and at that time they were praising some Canadian programme for alkis. Canada had or has a problem with alkis losing limbs due to them drinking awe sorts of stuff, when asked why we didn't have that problem in Scotland the Canadian boy said cause you give them too much money and they don't need to drink hand sanatiser and distilled boot polish. It really is that simple minimum unit prices simply diverts the problem elsewhere and punishes the wrong ones. Put alcohol prices up or cut their Giros it's the same thing.

[islaydarkblue]

I read about it a few years ago and at that time they were praising some Canadian programme for alkis. Canada had or has a problem with alkis losing limbs due to them drinking awe sorts of stuff, when asked why we didn't have that problem in Scotland the Canadian boy said cause you give them too much money and they don't need to drink hand sanatiser and distilled boot polish. It really is that simple minimum unit prices simply diverts the problem elsewhere and punishes the wrong ones. Put alcohol prices up or cut their Giros it's the same thing.

The law abiding general public in Scotland who like an occasional alcoholic drink should be rising up and taking their MSPs to task. Minimum pricing will never work because alkis will always manage to find money for drink os steal it.
On Islay alkis used to get ‘dried out’ in Islay Hospital but NHS Highland in their infinite wisdom decided that it was a better idea to treat alkis in their home.
What a stupid idea which made it easier for alkis to keep drinking as they could still purchase alcohol from their local village shop or the Co-op in Bowmore or Port Ellen.
I do not know if alkis being treated in their own home is still happening or if the NHS Highland bosses in Inverness have come to their senses and scrapped it.