Sunday, February 17, 2008

Blake's near-death experience

And so, the inevitable pendulum swings back to focus on Blake Fielder-Civil. With Amy having had the fastest shrug-off of crack addiction in medical history, it's Blake's turn to be hammering on death's door, with the News of the World panting this morning:

Amy Winehouse's hubby in overdose

Except that's not actually what the story says:
Blake Fielder-Civil was rushed to the jail's hospital block when he collapsed in agony after taking what he thought was heroin.
[...]
A probe was launched and prison officers found he had taken a drug believed to be heroin, mixed with a toxic substance.

So, that wouldn't actually be an overdose, would it? That's more a poisoning than an overdose, isn't it?

The News does suggest he's been caning a bit lately:
Just days before the overdose he was hauled in front of prison bosses for failing THREE random drug tests. He was locked in solitary as a punishment, but was soon back in search of a fix.

Hang on a moment, though - if we assume this poisoning took place on Friday, and "days" before he'd failed the third in a series of drug tests, this suggests that he's been taking heroin inside for a good couple of weeks. But didn't we read a couple of weeks back in a reliable newspaper - in his own words, nonetheless - that he'd gone cold turkey and was off drugs inside? Now, what was the newspaper that so badly mislead its readers? Oh, yes: The News of the World.


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