Tom Seidler was arrested in the grounds of Eton College in November 1995 for drug possession. It brought to an end his drug-taking career which had started in the College three years earlier ...
TT: Where did you get involved in drugs?
TS: While I was at Eton. Mostly, people didn't take drugs during the week, but weekends were busy and half-terms were a frenzy. Out of 1,200 people at Eton when I was there, I guess that there were only about 20 people who were regular users. I think that's quite a small proportion. I started drinking when I was 16, and then was given some weed (marijuana) when I was 17.
In my time, someone would come round with a shopping list for half term and we just filled in our requests for a whole range of different drugs - cannabis, speed, LSD and Ecstasy were the main ones. People paid by cash in advance. Sometimes the total order was in excess of £500. People have a lot of money to spend at Eton. Drug supply is a market driven thing - it goes where the money is.
