I'd not heard of her - but having looked at a couple of the facebook videos I'm not surprised.

I find her voice unpleasant and her lyrics don't make sense to me, what I can hear of them, but that is hardly surprising as that is not my 'scene'.

I don't know any alcoholics or drug addicts - I supose they don't make it to my age.

Were I a benign dictator I would probably decree that if two doctors agreed that a person was addicted that they should be treated as children, not allowed to manage their own finances and requiring supervision by responsible people. I would allow them a reasonable amount of whatever they were addicted to, as long as that harmed no one, or as much help as they required to avoid it. Their choice.

As long as addicts are regarded as adults and able to make their own decisions then some will die. It is inevitable.

It must be the deepest sorrow to their families and friends that they cannot save the one they love from the results of their addiction, but in most cases I can't see that there is anything that can be done, legally, to prevent an addict seeking out what they desire more than life itself.

Anne Croucher