A story in Monday's STAR reported that the family of a girl claimed the 'Dutty Wine' killed her and want the dance banned.

According to the story, the 18-year-old collapsed and died while doing the dance. In light of what happened, one wonders, did the 'Dutty Wine' kill the teen?

Frankly, the story provided very little information to support this theory and has instead left several unanswered questions. The girl's mother said she was told at the hospital by the doctor that her daughter died because of the 'Dutty Wine'. However, the story did not state what exactly the 'Dutty Wine' did to cause her death, such as breaking her neck.

What could have happened? Was she suffering from other medical conditions which were worsened by her doing the dance?

While we accept that the dance is in fact dangerous, as stated by several medical practitioners, it is premature to call for a ban of the dance without further investi-gations being done.

Jamaicans are a people who love to dance and even before the 'Dutty Wine', we have been creating dances which are equally dangerous to our health such as women wining on their head tops, the Gogo Wine which is somewhat similar to the 'Dutty Wine', but these have not been banned.

Maybe there is merit in the calls being made for the dance to be banned, but the authorities who will make the decision should first get all the facts before deciding.