Archive for October 19, 2007

“Winehouse held for drug possession”

British singer Amy Winehouse, who has publicly battled drug addiction, has been arrested for marijuana possession in Norway and briefly held by police. She was arrested in her Bergen hotel room along with her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil. She was arrested at 6 p.m. Thursday for possession of seven grams (a-quarter of an ounce) of marijuana. She was fined 500 euros, which equals $715.Winehouse was scheduled to perform in in Norway Friday and Saturday before continuing her tour Monday in the Netherlands. Amy Winehouse has publicly battled drugs and alcohol, and her hit single “Rehab” relates her resistance to being pushed to go to rehab.