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Top school institutes drug rehab programme for pupils Eton has revised its policy on cannabis.
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A typical punishment used to be "six of the best" from the house
captain in front of the whole school, and for really serious crimes,
instant expulsion. But now Eton College, the most famous public
school in the world, has decided to alter its approach to one of the
worst of schoolboy crimes - drug-taking.
From next month, the school that since its foundation in 1440 has
educated generations of royalty and produced 19 prime ministers, will
launch a Priory-style drug rehab programme fo...
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Why Eton has its own drug rehab programme: Special report: Addiction Elite schools admit that expelling pupils for having illegal substances does not work, and offer them therapy instead
The Independent on Sunday
; Eton has turned out distinguished law-makers, record-breaking sportsmen and prime ministers for centuries, as well as grooming future kings. But Britain's most prestigious public school has now gained a remarkable new distinction, setting up a rehabilitation programme for its privileged pupils. The
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Charles orders 24-hour drugs watch on Wills.(News)
The Mirror (London, England)
; PRINCE William's personal protection officers are on 24-hour drug watch, it was revealed last night. They are under orders to arrest anyone who attempts to sell or pass illegal substances to the 17-year-old Eton pupil. Details of the round-the-clock alert authorised by Prince Charles emerged after
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Drugs at Eton
The Spectator
; ... up by random testing. In 1998 we know that three pupils were expelled, one of them in Prince William's year. Since then, the news from the front line of the Eton drugs war has been patchy, although anecdote appears to suggest that expulsions have continued ...
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Cameron snubs new questions over drugs
Evening Standard - London
; DAVID CAMERON today refused to answer questions over whether he took drugs after leaving university. The Tory leader also denied it was hypocritical to dismiss a pupil taking drugs at Eton as a youthful indiscretion while strongly condemning teenagers on south London estates. He was being quizzed
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CONTINUATION: David Cameron admits he used cannabis at Eton ; HOME NEWS
The Independent on Sunday
; confess to breaking the law over its use. The disclosure - in a biography written by Independent on Sunday journalists Francis Elliott and James Hanning - is conclusive evidence of Mr Cameron's drugs past. As a schoolboy, Mr Cameron owned up to teachers at Eton after being named by a fellow pupil
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