Drugs at Glastonbury

[Daddy Earth]

When my mates used to go to Glastonbury back in the early 1980's they would come back telling wild stories about 'Hot Knife Tents' and 'Cold Spoon Caravans'. I was never really into all that. Are drugs still unofficially available at Glastonbury or has it been 'cleaned up' if that's the correct expression?

[CCCheese]

When my mates used to go to Glastonbury back in the early 1980's they would come back telling wild stories about 'Hot Knife Tents' and 'Cold Spoon Caravans'. I was never really into all that. Are drugs still unofficially available at Glastonbury or has it been 'cleaned up' if that's the correct expression?

[Oddone]

The police did f**k all. If they arrested 1 person for smoking weed, they'd have to arrest half the fesitval.

For the record I don't smoke weed.

[PabloCoke]

compared to glasto in the 90's modern Glastonbury has less drugs than a most British senior schools.

The anything goes attitude of the 80's and 90's is well an truly gone, is not an entirely bad thing as with it the atmosphere of violence has also gone.

[abu hamster]

The days of the guys walking round with a tray are gone. Having said that If you look hard enough

[mrtutz]

When my mates used to go to Glastonbury back in the early 1980's they would come back telling wild stories about 'Hot Knife Tents' and 'Cold Spoon Caravans'. I was never really into all that. Are drugs still unofficially available at Glastonbury or has it been 'cleaned up' if that's the correct expression?

[LostRiot]

I walked past a couple of policemen smoking a joint in the greenfields and they didn't seem to care.

Anything more than that and they start to care.

[wow400]

Are they allowed to smoke on duty?

[lizzytum]

When my mates used to go to Glastonbury back in the early 1980's they would come back telling wild stories about 'Hot Knife Tents' and 'Cold Spoon Caravans'. I was never really into all that. Are drugs still unofficially available at Glastonbury or has it been 'cleaned up' if that's the correct expression?

[jameshunt]

I walked past a couple of policemen smoking a joint in the greenfields and they didn't seem to care.

Anything more than that and they start to care.

[jameshunt]

The police did f**k all. If they arrested 1 person for smoking weed, they'd have to arrest half the fesitval.

For the record I don't smoke weed.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Ha! Did you know it was a Glastonbury Festival copper you replied to?

Of course they turn a blind eye to quite a few things that go on rather than have a serious downer on anyone who is not bothering anyone else and simply having a good time. They certainly did do a lot more than f**k all though and did their job very well by all accounts.

[Gary]

I recall when I used to get the train that there were dogs and checks at Paddington, and on the way in this year I did notice that there were people being stop and searched randomly by security... once in though...

[CCCheese]

Ha! Did you know it was a Glastonbury Festival copper you replied to?

Of course they turn a blind eye to quite a few things that go on rather than have a serious downer on anyone who is not bothering anyone else and simply having a good time. They certainly did do a lot more than f**k all though and did their job very well by all accounts.

[Redwinevino]

I must have a look about me as I was offer almost everything over the weekend from Weed, Pills, Ket, Methadone, Mushrooms to even Mescaline. All over the site as well some stopping in the area we where camped in.

Sort of worried about that now

[jameshunt]

I don't think he did realise, but hey, everyone is entitled to their own opinion

[Oddone]

Ha! Did you know it was a Glastonbury Festival copper you replied to?

Of course they turn a blind eye to quite a few things that go on rather than have a serious downer on anyone who is not bothering anyone else and simply having a good time. They certainly did do a lot more than f**k all though and did their job very well by all accounts.

[CCCheese]

I didn't realise and now I do, I am not changing my opinion. What I will say is that I meant the police did "F**k all" towards the weed smokers. I was impressed with how there seemed to be a mutual thing between festival goers and the coppers that so long as they didnt take the piss they couyld get away with it.

In the real world they would have got their ass kicked. But on the fip side I didn't see any trouble going on so they must have done something right.

[Oddone]

Ass kicked in the proverbial way of being arrested and taken to the station.

[tipthedoor]

This year was the first year I have seen the Stone Circle being actively policed by undercover coppers . . . . got a real close up view when 6 of them took one of the usual "circle shopkeepers" down and they rolled practically on top of me!

To be fair they did it that fast and with that little noise the guy was in cuffs, his copious stash put into a carrier bag, the ground searched and everyone gone within about a minute.

I must admit the "Cuffs CC" polo shirt one of the coppers had on was clearly some kind of "in joke"

[BuriedBones]

My 14 year old son was sat outside our tent as I was inside getting changed, when a man approached him and asked if he was sorted. My son had no idea what he was talking about and just said yes thanks and the man moved on. Good job my husband wasn't around or there would have been one less pusher on this earth

[johnmcga]

About 2am on Sunday night I was walking along the railway track away from Shangri-La. A random bloke accosted me to loudly ask "mate, is there anywhere to buy drugs in there?"

Being someone who tends to stick to alcohol, I could only remark "I would've thought so" before letting him wander off. Made me chuckle though. If he did end up making a transaction, it would probably be the least subtle ever.

Your lad was probably just trying to score a slice of cake without you knowing.

Edited July 9, 2010 by johnmcga

[fred quimby]

When my mates used to go to Glastonbury back in the early 1980's they would come back telling wild stories about 'Hot Knife Tents' and 'Cold Spoon Caravans'.

[markeee]

lol it's easy to get stuff if you really want it

Managed to get hold of MDMA/K and pills inside..although the pills were garbage, utter rubbish

but if you want it you can fairly easily get it - or just take it in yourself

[Cooter]

Just come accross this thread.

thank you for the memories that came back. Excellent days (until the big london drug dealers started appearing which was unpleasant). But in the early days you could walk up to one of the many buses and they would have a blackboard up with a menu of the drugs on sale. You could also have a natter with them about where it was from, what weight (e.g. mg for acid) a little sample of the goods and even a little barter. Like a little farmers market for drugs.Oh and the hot knive tents

Edited July 27, 2010 by Cooter