Page has acknowledged heavy recreational drug use throughout the 1970s . In an interview with '' Guitar World '' magazine in 2003 , he stated : " I ca n'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 . " After the band 's 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 do n't really remember much of what happened . " In 1975 , Page began to use heroin , a claim attributed to Richard Cole , who stated that Page ( in addition to himself ) was taking the drug during the recording sessions of the album '' Presence '' in that year and that Page admitted to him shortly afterwards that he was addicted to the drug
North American tour
Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1973
Jimmy Page