Reading posts in another thread on here and to be honest for many years I have said/thought that it is only a matter of time before we follow up free drugs for junkies with free drink for alcoholics. I hoped that even in this mad dictatorship that Scotland has become it would never happen or be far in the future but no...... Reports in todays paper show that a Scottish Government/Scottish NHS initiative called a Managed Alcohol Programme is being piloted in Glasgow. This offers alkies a glass of wine first thing in the morning and a half a medium glass of wine (white 13% alcohol) every hour on the hour for the rest of the day. The loonies really have taken over the asylum not just from the point of view of the basic proposal itself but in the way that is contrasts with and makes a mockery of nanny state Scotland's 'normal' view of alcohol consumption in Scotland. Only here can we (i.e. responsible consumers of drink) be subjected to the highest alcohol prices in the UK under their mad minimum pricing scheme, not allowed BOGOF and and other deals that save money in shops if alcohol is involved and suffer more stringent licencing laws/hours than elsewhere and dish out free booze to alkies.

Makes you proud to be Scottish, ha ha !!!!!!