Amy Winehouse slammed for glamourizing cocaine use
The Back to Black singer was subsequently booed by disappointed fans after giving a shambolic performance on the first night of her UK tour.
And now Antonio Costa, head of the UN’s office on drugs and crime, has singled out the singer for ‘glamorising’ cocaine while warning of the dangers Britain faces from the drug.
Mr. Costa said: “Look at Kate Moss who still receives lucrative contracts after she was photographed sniffing [cocaine].”
He added: “Rock stars, like Amy Winehouse, become popular by singing ‘I ain’t going to rehab’ even though she badly needed, and eventually sought treatment.
“A sniff here and a sniff there in Europe are causing another disaster in Africa, to add to its poverty, its mass unemployment and its pandemics.”
