Given papa was a Rolling Stone, drugs being a major part of Jamie Wood’s life was somewhat inevitable. Less expected, perhaps, is that, after an overdose at 21 and heart attack at 42, Wood’s substance use now solely comprises herbal blends — grown in his mum’s garden — that he believes can help him to live for ever.
The 48-year-old son of guitarist Ronnie (his biological father was clothing entrepreneur Peter Greene, but he was raised by the musician from the age of one and calls him “Dad”) is packaging Longevity — a supplement line — with his mum, Jo. The basement of his Surrey home is currently the home counties’ answer to Breaking Bad, where he grinds up vegetables and Peruvian powders with
