Editing Jimmy Page (section)

===Recreational drug use===
Page has acknowledged heavy [[recreational drug use]] throughout the 1970s. In an interview with ''[[Guitar World]]'' magazine in 2003, he stated: "I can't speak for the [other members of the band], but for me drugs were an integral part of the whole thing, right from the beginning, right to the end."<ref>Tolinski, Brad. "The Greatest Show on Earth", ''Guitar World'', July 2003; re-published in ''Guitar Legends Magazine'', Winter 2004, p. 72.</ref> After the band's 1973 [[Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1973|North American tour]], Page told [[Nick Kent]]: "Oh, everyone went over the top a few times. I know I did and, to be honest with you, I don't really remember much of what happened."<ref>Case, George, "Jimmy Page: Magnus, Musician, Man", ''Hal Leonard Books 2007''; excerpt printed in ''Guitar World'', May 2007, p. 52.</ref>

In 1975, Page began to use [[heroin]], according to [[Richard Cole]].  Cole claims that he and Page took the drug during the recording sessions of the album ''[[Presence (album)|Presence]],'' and Page admitted shortly afterward that he was [[Substance dependence|addicted]] to the drug.{{sfn|Cole|1992|pp=322–326}}

By Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American tour, Page's heroin addiction was beginning to hamper his guitar playing performances.<ref name="allmusicpage" /><ref name="RS2006">{{Cite magazine|last=Gilmore|first=Mikal|title=The Long Shadow of Led Zeppelin|magazine=Rolling Stone|issue=1006|date=10 August 2006|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11027261/the_long_shadow_of_led_zeppelin/print|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111124104/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11027261/the_long_shadow_of_led_zeppelin/print|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2007|access-date=9 December 2007}}</ref><ref name="RS1985">{{Cite magazine|ref=none|last=Davis|first=Stephen|title=Power, Mystery and the Hammer of the Gods: The Rise and Fall of Led Zeppelin|magazine=Rolling Stone|issue=451|date=4 July 1985|url=http://boards.atlantafalcons.com/topic/2988594-the-rise-and-fall-of-led-zeppelin-power-mystery-and-the-hammer-of-the-gods/|access-date=15 May 2014|via=boards.atlantafalcons.com|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121157/http://boards.atlantafalcons.com/topic/2988594-the-rise-and-fall-of-led-zeppelin-power-mystery-and-the-hammer-of-the-gods/|url-status=dead}}</ref> By this time the guitarist had lost a noticeable amount of weight. His onstage appearance was not the only obvious change; his addiction caused Page to become so inward and isolated it altered the dynamics between him and Plant considerably.{{sfn|Fast|2001|p=47}} During the recording sessions for ''[[In Through the Out Door]]'' in 1978, Page's diminished influence on the album (relative to bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones) is partly attributed to his heroin addiction, which resulted in his absence from the studio for long periods of time.<ref>Aizelwood, John. "Closing Time", ''Q Magazine'' Special Led Zeppelin edition, 2003, p. 94.</ref>

Page reportedly overcame his heroin habit in the early 1980s,{{sfn|Davis|1995|pp=316–317}} although he was arrested for possession of cocaine in both 1982 and 1984.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jimmy Page is found guilty of cocaine possession|work=This Day in Rock|url=http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1982-jimmy-page-is-found-guilty-of-cocaine-possession-hes-given-a/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213112938/http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1982-jimmy-page-is-found-guilty-of-cocaine-possession-hes-given-a/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 February 2015|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="People">{{cite news|title=Back from the Led (Zeppelin), Jimmy Page Tries to Rekindle the Old Rock 'n' Roll Fires|work=People|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20090381,00.html|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jimmy Page|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jimmy-page/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305175334/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jimmy-page/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2011|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> He was given a 12-month conditional discharge in 1982 and, despite a second offence usually carrying a jail sentence, he was only fined.{{sfn|Case|2011|p=343}}

In a 1988 interview with ''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'' magazine, Page took offence when the interviewer noted that heroin had been associated with his name and insisted: "Do I look as if I'm a smack addict? Well, I'm not. Thank you very much."<ref name=DuNoyer/>

In an interview he gave to ''[[Q magazine]]'' in 2003, Page responded to a question as to whether he regrets getting so involved in heroin and [[cocaine]]:

{{blockquote|I don't regret it at all because when I needed to be really focused, I was really focused. That's it. Both ''Presence'' and ''In Through the Out Door'' were only recorded in three weeks: that's really going some. You've got to be on top of it.<ref name="bioh">Kent, Nick. "Bring It On Home", ''Q Magazine'', Special Led Zeppelin edition, 2003</ref>}}