Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch confirmed reports that his daughter is suffering from emphysema.
She is reportedly in the early stages of the disease.
He said that if Amy doesn’t stop using drugs that she may end up in a wheelchair within a month and may have to wear a permanent oxygen mask to survive. He added that if she doesn’t get clean she could die within months.
“To think this could be my beautiful 24-year-old daughter’s life is preposterous. But if drugs mean more to her than breathing properly, then so be it. But the doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her,” he said.
Mitch Winehouse wants Amy to stay away from Pete Doherty and has warned drug dealers to o the same.
“I’m saying to those drug dealers, and they know who they are, if they are supplying crack to Amy, then they’ve got to take responsibility. I don’t want her hanging out with her mates like Pete Doherty either . . The doctors have said that if she had continued the way she was going she could have ended up an invalid – she wouldn’t have been able to breathe.
“My family have been criticized for not doing enough for Amy. Some say we should put her in a room and throw away the key but that’s against the law. In our limited way, we are doing the best we can and we are being guided by the doctors and psychologists.
“There’s no need to cry yet. If, God forbid, doctors said they can’t help her, then that’s when we can have a good cry. But if she doesn’t go back to drugs then she can lead this magnificent life. With her husband Blake too, if he gets clean as well.”
“I’ve started to see my old Amy back. We’ll just have to see how great her resolution is.”
This is such a tragedy. Stories like this are one of the reasons I do everything I can to get the word out about the failure of drug prohibition. Nothing we do is going to keep everyone off drugs. The only programs that work involve reasonable regulation of adult use, accurate drug education and medical treatment for those with addictions.
I wish Amy and her family the very best. I’ve had to deal with serious drug addiction in my family too and I know just how frustrating and heart breaking it is.
IT’S TIME TO REMOVE ALL THE POLITICIANS THAT PROMOTE PROHIBITION.
HOW MANY MORE LIVES HAVE TO BE NEEDLESSLY DEVASTATED OR LOST?
PROHIBITED DRUGS ARE WAY EASIER FOR KIDS TO GET THAN REGULATED DRUGS!
PROHIBITION NEVER WORKS IT JUST CAUSES CRIME & VIOLENCE.
The USA spends $69 billion a year on the drug war, builds 900 new prison beds and hires 150 more correction officers every two weeks, arrests someone on a drug charge every 17 seconds, jails more people than any nation and has killed over 100,000 citizens in the drug war.
In 1914 when there were NO PROHIBITED DRUGS 1.3% of our population was addicted to drugs, TODAY 1.3% of our population is STILL ADDICTED TO DRUGS BUT THERE’S WAY MORE CRIME AND VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF THE HUGE PROFITS PROHIBITION GENERATES. DRUGS TODAY ARE MORE POTENT, MORE READILY AVAILABLE AND LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THEY WERE IN THE EARLY 70’S WHEN RICHARD NIXON STARTED THE WAR ON DRUGS.
Everyone needs to know about “Jury Nullification”. You can learn more here: http://fija.org If you are called for jury duty and you don’t agree with the law the person is charged with, you have the right to vote NOT GUILTY, NO MATTER WHAT EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED. Jurors implementing this right in ALL NON-VIOLENT drug cases will shut down the ridiculous laws of prohibition. One juror in each case is all it takes. The bottom line is a juror has the RIGHT to JUDGE not only the accused person but the LAW the person is accused of breaking. Don’t be intimidated stick to your position.
There’s only been one drug success story in history, tobacco, BY FAR THE MOST DEADLY and one of the MOST ADDICTIVE drugs. Almost half the users quit because of REGULATION, ACCURATE INFORMATION AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. No one went to jail and no one got killed.
DEMAND your Constitutional rights. The right; to freedom of religion, free speech, a free press, to keep and bear arms, to be secure in your person, house, papers and effects against unreasonable search and seizure, to life, liberty and property, to be protected from having your property taken by the government without due process of law and without just compensation, to confront the witnesses against you, to be protected from excessive bail, excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, to vote and many others have been denied to millions of Americans in the name of the drug war.
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I can’t understand how people take things for granted. I struggle with earning a living, barely scraping by due to a serious physical ailment. I don’t smoke drink or do drugs, yet doctors tell me I will eventually end up in a wheelchair. I did nothing to put myself in this predicament, so when I see someone who has a rare chance at being well off financially, then destroy themselves this way it makes me disgusted. What I would give to have my health back, to have a talent that could earn me money so I wouldn’t have to scrape by and worry about every dime or how I will pay my next bill……she needs to learn how to respect and love herself. Seems like she is committing a slow suicide.
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