[news] Winehouse family hopes to establish the drug rehabilitation center

LONDON (AP) Amy Winehouse's family is seeking political support to establish a rehabilitation center in his name.

The late singer's father, Mitch Winehouse, is meeting with British politicians on Monday to discuss a center for youth.

It is expected that the talks with Minister James Brokenshire crime and the opposition Labour politician Keith Vaz.

Drug treatment is currently offered through local health agencies, or in expensive private clinics.

Rehabilitation workers say it is often a waiting list for local authorities, while the second is within reach of many.

Winehouse, who had struggled for years with drug and alcohol addiction, was found dead at his home in London on July 23.

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Amy Winehouse Dead: Russell Brand show 'witness genius'

Sunday Mirror that her 27-year-old daughter’s death had been “only a matter of time.They are the words I will always treasure,” said Winehouse.Her mother, Janis Winehouse, told the U.

Winehouse was found dead in her apartment on Saturday by her bodyguard and was pronounced dead when the ambulance crew and police arrived.Troubled singer Amy Winehouse’s death was simply a matter of time, her heartbroken mother said Saturday.She seemed out of it.The soulful British singer-songwriter, who won five Grammys in 2008 at the age of 24, lived life on the edge of a cliff downing alcohol like water and taking destructive drugs like heroin, cocaine, and ecstasy.But her passing so suddenly still hasn’t hit me,” said the elder Winehouse, who was with her late daughter the day before she died.Amy Winehouse had reportedly told her mother the day before she died, “I love you mum.I’m glad I saw her when I did.

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