E is for Ecstasy by Nicholas Saunders

Appendix 1: Reference Section

145 The Times, 14/2/94

Under the heading "Drug culture grips heart of England", a full-page article claims that staff reporters visited several "ancient shires" and found drug use as widespread as in the cities. In villages, users order drugs to be delivered from phone boxes "almost like dialling a pizza" and pub landlords are quoted as saying they are unable to stop drug use unless they smell it. Rural Lincolnshire is now at the top of the list for drug seizures per head of population, and the only reason why inner cities usually come top of the list is "because drug squads aren't so likely to operate in rural areas". The drugs most often used were cannabis, LSD, magic mushrooms, amphetamine sulphate and Ecstasy. A government survey in rural East Sussex found that 20% of 14-15 year-olds had tried an illicit drug, about the same proportion as in cities.