Singer AMY WINEHOUSE has denied reports that she is a drug user, insisting she is “too busy” to be an addict.

The troubled star, who was hospitalised for a drug overdose in August (07) and arrested for marijuana possession last month (Oct07), recently gave a bizarre interview to a U.S. music publication, during which she is said to have slurred her words and fallen asleep mid-sentence three times. And although she denies being a drug addict, she admits she has a problem with alcohol.

She tells Blender magazine, “I don’t have the time (for drugs)… I’m a really big drinker. “I used to be there before the pub opened, banging on the door.”