Binge drinking is a growing public health crisis – a neurobiologist explains how research into alcohol use disorders has changed

With the new Amy Winehouse biopic 'Back to Black', which will be shown in American theaters from May 17, 2024, the late singer's relationship with alcohol and drugs is being reexamined. In July 2011, Winehouse was found dead in her north London flat at the age of 27 after 'death by misadventure'. That is the official British term used for accidental death caused by a voluntary risk.

Her blood alcohol concentration was 0.416%, more than five times the legal limit for intoxication in the US - causing her cause of death to be later amended to include "alcohol toxicity" after ...