General Article Amy Winehouse's death prompts compulsory drug education in schools campaign

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The death of Amy Winehouse has prompted a campaign to make drug education in schools compulsory.

The pop star ‘might still be alive’ if she had been educated about drugs, her father Mitch said on the eve of attending the launch of the campaign, supported by the Amy Winehouse Foundation.

An e-petition calling for effective drugs education to be part of the National Curriculum has been added to the Government’s website.
The campaign wants approved drugs education and a separate drugs departmen...

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