Topic: addiciton

Since Amy Winehouse‘s death three months ago, her parents have insisted that it wasn’t a drug overdose that killed her. And according to British coroner Suzanne Greenway, they were right: She announced today that the 27-year-old singer’s death on July 23 was an “unintended consequence” of accidental alcohol poisoning. According to the autopsy report at today’s inquest hearing, her blood alcohol level was five times that of the drunk-driving limit in Britain, and the only drug found in her system was Librium, a sedative that had been prescribed to help ease her symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. More »