Troubled soul star Amy Winehouse will fly to Israel for rehabilitation treatment in an attempt to finally kick her drug addiction.
The “Rehab” hitmaker will undergo “very short, intensive and effective treatment” costing $12,800 within the next few weeks at the Barzilai Medical Center.
Eliezer Cohen, chairman of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, claims the clinic agreed to treat the 24-year-old following a request from her management.
He says, “They spoke to a renowned Israeli institution and an Israeli professor who conducts a very special and effective method. She has requested to come to him to do this method, since it’s a method that is suitable for her.”
Winehouse–who will receive 36 hours of treatment–will be treated by Andre Waismann, who promises success.
He says, “All of my patients are discharged healthy and no longer dependent. There is a misunderstanding about drug addiction. People think it is a social and psychological problem, but it’s a neurological problem.
“Whether it’s Amy Winehouse or anyone else, it is a privilege to be able to treat anyone who is opiate-dependent, and allow them to live a normal life.”
It is not the first time the singer has sought help for her addiction: Winehouse, who has faced a long and public battle against drugs and alcohol, checked into a rehab clinic in London in January after a video showing her allegedly taking a variety of illegal substances was passed on to British newspaper The Sun.
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