Amy Winehouse's incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil ODs on heroin, survives

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Amy Winehouse's incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil overdosed on heroin along with several other cellmates. After guards were somehow able to distinguish he looked sicker than usual, Blake was rushed to the jail's hospital where he survived the ordeal. Showbiz Spy reports:

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.

The source added: “He’s being very stupid. It’s only because everyone reacted so quickly that this dodgy gear didn’t do long-term harm.”

http://thesuperficial.com/2008/02/amy_winehouses_husband_ods_in.php

[Phillycat]

1. The guy sounds like a scumbag, but why isn't he in a treatment program?

Why would they keep him prison where he still obviously has access to heroin, rather than locked up in a rehab facility until he kicks, then put him back in prison?

[JVS]

They tried to make him go to rehab. He said "no, no, no"

[JVS]

5. dupe

[Spirochete]

2. But of course...

Brad Renfro's dead, Heath Ledger's dead, River Phoenix is dead, but this shitbag will always survive. Just seems to work that way.

[Deja Q]

3. That's the ideal acid test for separating good people from bad.

I don't know the other chaps of which you speak, but if we dope everybody up and they live - well, they're scum who deserve to be ostracized.

Unfortunately, they'd be the only ones left. :silly:

[Orsino]

4. Yeah. This guy sounds like an addict to me.

Are terms like "stupid" and "scumbag" really appropriate?