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LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by d33 »

kitteh wrote: post #17
zelly wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To make an example out of them and discourage others, prevent a cottage industry from forming. LSD manufacturing scales immensely. One lone wolf could create enough LSD to serve the whole United States demand, maybe even the global demand. LSD is also harder to manufacture. You generally need at least a MS degree and lab experience. The people who fit that profile tend to think about the future enough to respond to t…

You also need precursors (like ET) which is difficult to get. Though China is a pretty good source if you can pull it off (and for other things like safrole, etc.).

What's ET? It's pretty difficult for me to Google this acronym given that it mostly finds "et al" when I couple this with LSD queries. Is it ergotamine from the other subthreads here?

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by dr_dshiv »

throwaway9955 wrote: post #27

For those that want LSD but not have to be a criminal I recommend trying 1-P LSD which has the functional class of LSD without being illegal in most countries, happy tripping. If you're on the wall about trying it micro dose and work your way up to something functional.

Is the effect exactly the same or somewhat different?

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by najtdale »

d33 wrote: post #31
kitteh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You also need precursors (like ET) which is difficult to get. Though China is a pretty good source if you can pull it off (and for other things like safrole, etc.).

What's ET? It's pretty difficult for me to Google this acronym given that it mostly finds "et al" when I couple this with LSD queries. Is it ergotamine from the other subthreads here?

ergotamine

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by mindfulhack »

seesawtron wrote: post #30
non-entity wrote: post #26

Jesus 2 life sentences for manufacturing LSD? Wonder what people were getting for drugs that actually kill people.

Tobacco and alcohol industry are getting government subsidies, bailouts and huge profit margins. Not sure about the other "illegal" drug manufacturers.

It's more acceptable and state-sanctioned to sell drugs that kill people while keeping them subdued, than ones that keep them alive and open their minds.

I don't want to sound like a crazy 'conspiracy theorist' or a 'hippie', but I don't know to distill this sad and truthful statement more simply than that.

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by luckylion »

dr_dshiv wrote: post #32
throwaway9955 wrote: post #27

For those that want LSD but not have to be a criminal I recommend trying 1-P LSD which has the functional class of LSD without being illegal in most countries, happy tripping. If you're on the wall about trying it micro dose and work your way up to something functional.

Is the effect exactly the same or somewhat different?

Very close / the same in my experience. I've never had the exact same effect even from two doses of LSD from the same sheet, much less different producers, but 1p-lsd was just fine and felt the same to me.

I bought a bit before it was put on the controlled substances list in my country. A good demonstration that legal LSD doesn't end the world: it was legal, it was LSD, the world didn't end!

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by lvturner »

smabie wrote: post #8

For some reasons the feds in the 90s were unusually interested in prosecuting psychedelics. I'm of the opinion that all drugs should be legal, but even if I wasn't, I think I would still question why LSD manufacturers were getting such long sentences around that time. Never really made sense to me.

Possibly fall out from the MK Ultra program - take a zero tolerance stance on LSD to make it look like changes have been made.

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by h0l0cube »

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #24
kitteh wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Friend of a friend got caught with two sheets in the 90s and I think he got 20 years for each one. Downstate Illinois. My recollection was the weight of the blotter paper was considered as the drug itself and that easily increased the federal sentencing guidelines.

When I was arrested and searched the police didn’t even find the 200 tabs I had on me. They found everything else, but LSD is incredibly easy to hide from regular law enforcement. They found everything else, but in typical stupid-police fashion, they ballsed that up too and ended up entering a nolle prosequi (do not prosecute) at the district court level. The police prosecutor was sufficiently annoyed, and I was suff…

> and set a strong precedent

Which was?

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by thelittleone »

smabie wrote: post #8

For some reasons the feds in the 90s were unusually interested in prosecuting psychedelics. I'm of the opinion that all drugs should be legal, but even if I wasn't, I think I would still question why LSD manufacturers were getting such long sentences around that time. Never really made sense to me.

The one thing powers fear most is losing said power. Open minds present a threat to power structures. LSD has the ability to open minds.

So does meditation... just that it typically takes way longer :)

Re: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison

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Post by intricatedetail »

stormdennis wrote: post #11

People like the DEA and the FBI can just make up statistics to make themselves look good and they're reported as fact. The drugs seized had a street value of N million dollars, the supply of LSD went down 95% after his arrest. Good job DEA

Is this comment sarcastic? What is good about this "job"?
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