Abstract
![][1] > ‘They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said “no, no, no” …’ (Amy Winehouse, Rehab , 2006). The tragic death of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse at the age of 27, following a series of highly-publicised problems of drug and alcohol abuse, has been widely interpreted as confirming the conventional view of addiction as a disease requiring medical treatment. Within days of Amy's death, her father Mitch launched a campaign for the establishment of residential drug rehabilitation centres in memory of his daughter, leading a delegation to meet MP Keith Vaz, chair of the House of Commons home affairs committee.1 Mitch emphasised the need … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif
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