Winehouse father in plea for drug help units
The father of singer Amy Winehouse today pleaded with the British government to reform drug rehabilitation centres for youngsters in memory of his daughter.
Mitch Winehouse discussed plans to address a gap in treatment services and drugs policy with UK Crime Minister James Brokenshire and Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee.
Shortly after his daughter’s death, Mr Winehouse said that he wanted to do something in her name for addicts who could not afford private treatment.
After the meeting in the Houses of Parliament, Mr Winehouse said he wanted to “keep busy” adding: “I want to involve myself in things that would be important to Amy.
“That is why we are going to be setting up the Amy Winehouse Foundation,” he said.
“This isn’t only important to me, this is important to our whole country.
“There’s hundreds of thousands of young people in situations today that could be avoided, and these are our future policemen, doctors and lawyers and solicitors, that we could help.
“We need to be able to help our children.”
Winehouse, 27, was found dead at her flat in north London on July 23.
Her multiple Grammy award-winning album 'Back To Black' topped the UK album charts last night and five of her singles are in the top 40, including the single 'Back To Black' at number eight.
The singer’s family are currently awaiting the results of toxicology tests to establish the cause of her death.
