http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=2307522005
Alan McEwen
"A FOUR-BEDROOM 'drunk tank' is set to be opened in the Capital to deal with binge drinkers and down-and-outs found collapsed on the city's streets. The purpose-built facility at the Salvation Army hostel in the Pleasance will take in vagrants and people who have a 'masochistic relationship with drink' and are considered dangerous, with a specialist team on hand to help them sober up.
Described as halfway between a hospital room and a police cell, counselling will be offered to drinkers when they wake up over how to cut their alcohol consumption. It is also hoped the detoxification rooms will take the pressure off the police and hospitals that currently deal with scores of drunk people every week. "
