Amy Winehouse's influence on falling drug use is greater than any policy | William Sutcliffe

is the plight of known drug users, more than any other "war against drugs" that put young people off illicit drug

government figures released this week showed that illicit drug use among young people is at its lowest level since 1996. This news has been accompanied by a curious silence of those who are behind the "war against drugs". Why not proclaimed a great victory, announcing final justification against those liberals who say their efforts useless?

Is it, perhaps, that the officers and privates of the war have so little confidence in his own business, he can not even muster the will to understand a PR boost when you arrive? It seems that even those who are behind the attempts of several million pounds to curb global production and shipment of drugs know that their task, rather than touch that young people construct their nose and veins, is among Tribune policy. If drug use is declining among younger contemporaries, this can be due to a decline in demand, not supply.

Can any politician, government agency, or educational advisory say this is thy victory? Do any real political succeeded this announcement? For all the money and effort thrown at the problem, it seems that the most important factor is that the tastes and fashions change as each generation finds new ways to have fun or rebellious.

• When medication once may have seemed a bold shock to parents, now it seems that another obstacle on the path to health and prosperity. We started to teach our children the green cross code, and pass through the years, giving advice on how to stay safe at parties when offered banned substances. Young people who start taking drugs is unlikely that the feeling, thereby entering a hell exciting beyond the understanding of their parents.
• In the past, many educators they tried to teach young people that there was nothing "glamor" of drug use still retained an aura of rebellion and revolt always attractive. What seems to have changed over the last 10 years is that this message gradually began to seem plausible. Parents were more surprised by the drug, the drug has become more attractive to young people. Recently, when people who had drugs have become parents themselves, the shock value has decreased and with it a key element of its initial appeal.

For all the opprobrium

accumulated only in the British tabloids, persecution and exposure of celebrity drug can probably take some credit deglamorising drug, which should be a key factor in the thinning demand. Smoking drug Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the '60s has issued more heroic, regardless of the Happy Mondays were in the 80s, it was hard to enjoy the music without wanting to try, like Acid House in the 90th the name tells you that the drugs were seen as part of the fun. Nobody thinks dependencies Amy Winehouse, who died a year ago this week, was a contributing factor to their creativity and musical success. Stories of celebrities drugs today from Pete Doherty to Whitney Houston are always scary and sad. Finally, it seems, is really nothing glamorous about drugs. Our culture has changed.

drug awareness films showed once addicted to heroin in the skeleton drip shoot houses, and tried to convince young people that it was the inevitable outcome few puffs a gasket. This message was unlikely and ineffective. Now, however, the humiliating fall of famous addicts changing tastes of young people. If the war against drugs has a figurehead of influence, not George Bush or any drug czar Metropolitan Police. This is Amy Winehouse.

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