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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I understand many will be sad etc, but personally? She was an adult. She was able to make choices. No one forced her to take all manner of drugs, and no one forced her to hang around with the low life types that see did hang around with.

Sorry Lewis, this is one that I'm not in the least bit sympathetic with - if someone plays with fire and all that...... she had the financial means to get the hell away from people that were bad for her, had the means to get herself checked in somewhere very long term.

If she wanted to have done that, she would have - if she cared enough about her life (and I mean as in life expectancy), she had everything available to her if she had wanted to get away from people / lifestyle / drugs / alchohol.

I know I won't be popular - no change there - but that's the way I feel.

Yes Mid I agree with some of your points but I think she was a tortured soul and like someone once said drugs and drink is a disease and yes she might have had peer pressure when surrounded by other users, but then she did have a choice whether to take or not. Fame can be a curse and if your vunerable before fame it can make that vunerability worse , when things are handed it on plate the temptation can be hard to resist once taken, just like fags they are a drug and legal too.