Doherty and Winehouse and the judges who don't lock them up for their naughty drug taking shenanigans are responsible for a slack attitude towards illegal narcotics among the world's youth.
I'm paraphrasing slightly, but that's basically the conclusion of the boss of the United Nation's International Narcotics Control Board, Philip Emafo, who said that when drug taking c'lebs were seen to be treated lightly by the criminal justice system it sent out the wrong message to young people.
He said: "Celebrities are often involved in illicit drug trafficking or in illicit drug use and this is glamorised. If, indeed, they have committed offences they should be dealt with".
Another INCB member, Professor Hamid Ghodse, told the Press Association: "They [c'lebs] get more lenient responses by the judiciary and law enforcement, and that is regrettable. There should not be any difference between a celebrity who is breaking the law and non-celebrities. Not only does it give the wrong messages to young people, who are quite impressionable, but the wider public becomes cynical about the responses to drug offenders".
The celebrity remarks came as the INCB published its annual report, which also called for tougher action against the biggest drug dealers, and expressed concern on the huge rise of heroin production in opium rich Afghanistan.