She's named as 'poster girl for drug abuse'
09 Mar 2008 - Amy Winehouse's people have hit back after the UN's top drugs and crime fighter blamed her for glamorising drug use.Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, writes in The Observer that the drug trade blights west Africa - and he accuses Amy of being the "poster girl for drug use".
Costa said the work of Bono and Bob Geldof is being underminded in Africa by "the drug habits of their careless peers". He said drugs move through west Africa and create a disastrous situation for economies, spreading corruption and undermining security.
He attacked "coke-snorting fashionistas" and singled out Winehouse for particular blame.
"Amy Winehouse might adopt a defiant pose and slur her way through Rehab, but does she realise the message she sends to others who are vulnerable to addiction and who cannot afford expensive treatment?" said Costa.
He added: "Why is this behaviour socially acceptable? If Ms Winehouse advertised fur coats or blood diamonds, there would be a backlash, yet when she is the poster girl for drug abuse, nobody seems to care."
“Why is this behaviour socially acceptable?”
UN's Antonio Maria Costa
Winehouse's spokesman said: "What a ludicrous man and what a ludicrous statement. Amy has never given a quote about drugs or flaunted it in any way.
"She's has some problems and is trying to get better. The UN should get its own house in order."
Andre Paine
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