LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison(psymposia.com)
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LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison
https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/william-leonard-pickard-lsd/
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There was an article several years ago in Vice which mentioned him: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nndz9z/life-is-a-cosmic-g...
Twenty years!? Assuming he was non violent that is an absolutely brutal sentence.
Pertaining to previous psychedelic prosecution:
The NYT OCR game is weak: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/30/archives/swiss-reject-ple...
In 1971 reaction GIFs had very few frames; I believe this is Leary after the decision: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/EfA-aysZvcNpE84iYc8A...
The NYT OCR game is weak: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/30/archives/swiss-reject-ple...
In 1971 reaction GIFs had very few frames; I believe this is Leary after the decision: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/EfA-aysZvcNpE84iYc8A...
The Psychedelic Salon podcast did a long reading of Pickard's novel, The Rose of Paraselsus, which included an introduction which went in to Pickard's background.
It's well worth listening to.
The first episode of the series can be heard here: [1],[2]
[1] - https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-609-the-rose-garden-int...
[2] - Direct link to the mp3: https://media.blubrry.com/psychedelic_salon/archive.org/down...
It's well worth listening to.
The first episode of the series can be heard here: [1],[2]
[1] - https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-609-the-rose-garden-int...
[2] - Direct link to the mp3: https://media.blubrry.com/psychedelic_salon/archive.org/down...
He got a raw deal. People around him who were pretty evil got off.
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.
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
Jesus 2 life sentences for manufacturing LSD? Wonder what people were getting for drugs that actually kill people.
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.
Government comitted crime against humanity. Suppression of research and freedom is unforgivable.
Ironically if prisons in the US were actually for rehabilitation, LSD therapy could help some.
He is gonna love his first trip once he's out. Respect.
if the drug legalization momentum keeps up in the US, he might be back in business one day - which would be awesome. psilos are great and all but LSD brings the right amount of fun to tripping in my experience.
I found this video with some opinions about the case. I would say it is biased but I though it was interesting.
https://youtu.be/Ly6Zn1a-Xc0
https://youtu.be/Ly6Zn1a-Xc0
I found this line from the article particularly interesting:
“The court concluded that the 20 years served are sufficient for meeting the goals of incapacitation, deterrence, retribution, and rehabilitation.”
Deterrence and rehabilitation (yeah, right) I knew were “goals” of the US prison system, but I never realized that “incapacitation” and “retribution” were actual legally-stated goals.
“The court concluded that the 20 years served are sufficient for meeting the goals of incapacitation, deterrence, retribution, and rehabilitation.”
Deterrence and rehabilitation (yeah, right) I knew were “goals” of the US prison system, but I never realized that “incapacitation” and “retribution” were actual legally-stated goals.
Government policy: prevent people from ruining their lives with drugs by ruining it for them with prison.
This is delightful news. I really hope in the coming decades the research of organizations like MAPS get more attention and become completely mainstream.
Making psychedelics Schedule 1 set us back decades that could have been spent doing important research on a large number of mental health conditions.
Making psychedelics Schedule 1 set us back decades that could have been spent doing important research on a large number of mental health conditions.
Two life sentences. Barbaric.