Amy Winehouse News

Amy Winehouse's dad: Money wasted on rehab

AP, Oct 20, 2009 7:00 am PDT
Amy Winehouse's father says Britain is wasting money on drug addicts who are too quick to say "yes, yes, yes" to rehab.

Mitch Winehouse told lawmakers on Parliament's Home Affairs Select Committee Tuesday that many addicts who take up treatment as an alternative to a prison sentence have no intention of trying to quit drugs.

He said authorities are too ready to offer rehab to convicted criminals while non-offending addicts have to wait months for treatment.

Winehouse's daughter is best known for her song "Rehab," about a woman refusing treatment for addiction.

Her career has been dogged by drug use, run-ins with the law and a turbulent marriage. She was fined in Norway for illegal marijuana possession in 2007.

Lawmakers are holding an inquiry into cocaine abuse in Britain.

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Aug 17, 2009 4:00 pm PDT

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Amy Winehouse Acquitted of Clocking Fan

Jul 24, 2009 5:52 am PDT

Love is a losing game for Amy Winehouse, but the occasional smack is another matter. The oft-troubled songbird was acquitted today in London of assaulting a fan who approached her for a photograph during a charity event last September. ...

I have Amy Winehouse on my iPod, says UK's Brown

Jul 23, 2009 12:00 pm PDT

Songs by Amy Winehouse, the British soul singer known for her rebel image, are in there with the Beatles, Bach and Beethoven on Gordon Brown's iPod, the dour British Prime Minister disclosed on Thursday. Brown, asked by young people i...

Winehouse denies assault, says "scared"

Jul 23, 2009 6:00 am PDT

British singer Amy Winehouse told a court on Thursday that she pushed a woman after a charity ball last September because she had been scared of her, but denied punching dancer Sherene Flash in the face. Flash has accused the 25-year-old ...

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