UNFORTUNATELY, it is no secret that drug use is rife in the world today. However, when are people going to stop supporting those who blatantly flaunt their drug use and laugh in the face of the suggestion of even trying to help themselves cure their addictions?
Take, for example, the train wreck that is Amy Winehouse, the British singer who in the space of just four years has gone from looking like this:
To looking like this:
Whenever I hear a song by Winehouse on the radio, I'll listen to it and sometimes even enjoy it, but I flat out refuse to purchase any music that will contribute to her earnings and therefore contribute to her drug addiction. It's as simple as that. I mean, come on folks, her first hit single was about people wanting her to go to rehab! And her response - no, no, no. Someone that unwilling to do themselves a favour and kick the habit doesn't deserve my money.
Another drug overdose waiting to happen is Pete Doherty - you know, the guy that is really only famous because he dated Kate Moss for a while?
In case you didn't know, he is apparently also a singer. But, unlike Winehouse who actually has some talent, Doherty's voice will probably make your ears bleed.
He is another 'singer' who openly flaunts his drug use, and although he's apparently been to rehab a few times, constantly relapses. My thinking is, if people stop buying the music of such trainwrecks, they stop making money and maybe then they'll start to click that perhaps they should try and clean up their lives in order to gain back a little popularity. This may be a naive way of thinking, but at least it's something.
Sure, there are probably countless other drug takers in the industry whose addictions we continue to feed by buying their albums and downloading their songs from iTunes, but at least the majority of them don't flaunt it and set a bad example for youngsters today. If they want to do it behind doors, let them - that way, they are only hurting themselves.