Amy Winehouse had no trace of illegal drugs in her system. Well that's a relief. She's still dead though. The legal stuff did the job just as well. At 27 her fabulous career was felled by booze. An amazing talent lost to binge drinking.
Yet somehow the drugs are the issue. Amy packed them in, so she was "cleaning up her act.' She even gave up the drink, now and then, before treating herself to a slammer session, fully aware of the dangers but past caring.
Alcohol is a killer too. Our kids pay no heed. They like to get hammered. University towns are raking in the living allowance as freshers carry on celebrating. One practice nurse told me of a young man of 33 dying with liver disease who is desperate for a transplant. "We never used to see this in people so young, but it's happening more and more," she said.
He puts his problem down to binge drinking as a student. They don't stay students forever, but old habits don't die. Maybe they think they will settle down later, Maybe not. Alcohol steals some lives and ruins many more. Fact.
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