Two of the Fairfield College girls who took tainted Ecstasy turned up at their school yesterday – and were rounded on by angry schoolmates.

Students from the Hamilton school told the Herald the two suspended girls were at the school gates at break and lunchtime to talk to friends.

But they found little sympathy from students, who say the girls have dragged the college’s name through the mud.

>>> While sympathetic to the victims of this bullying (or is it?) it’s a good demonstration that peer pressure is often a much more effective deterrent than legislative approaches.