On July 27, 2020, Leonard Pickard was granted compassionate release from federal prison 20 years into his sentence.
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On July 27, 2020, Leonard Pickard was granted compassionate release from federal prison 20 years into his sentence.
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Leonard Pickard came from a well-to-do family; his father was a lawyer and his stepmother was a fungal disease expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Leonard Pickard earned a scholarship to Princeton University, but dropped out after one term, instead preferring to hang out at Greenwich Village jazz clubs.
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Leonard Pickard is said to have contributed to LSD chemist Nicholas Sand's legal fund following Sand's arrest in 1972.
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Leonard Pickard was charged with manufacturing LSD and served five years in prison.
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Leonard Pickard was producing kilogram quantities of LSD and putting them onto windowpane, microdot, and blotter forms.
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Leonard Pickard spent time in prison for this and became a Buddhist while inside.
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Leonard Pickard never liked to stay at one location more than two years so as not to draw attention to himself.
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Leonard Pickard liked the Santa Fe location for a number of reasons; his overhead costs were lower and the precursor source was closer.
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Leonard Pickard liked the fact that there was virtually no humidity, which can affect the production of LSD.
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Leonard Pickard preferred to deal in ƒ1, 000 notes or Canadian $1, 000 notes because it meant less bulk cash to have on hand.
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Leonard Pickard required his distributors to convert all lower currencies into $50 or $100 notes at the least so as not to cause problems.
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When Leonard Pickard arrived back in town and learned that Skinner had moved the lab there, they immediately began preparations to move it.
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Leonard Pickard was allegedly paid $100, 000 for assembling and $50, 000 for packing away the lab.
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Leonard Pickard wrote of his concerns about the opioid epidemic in the United States, and responded to media and academic requests on the subject.
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The website "Free William Leonard Pickard" posted regular updates about his activities until September 2017.
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Leonard Pickard hid Jack and Jill from his cellmate, so others would not ridicule him.
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Leonard Pickard replied, 'So I can read bedtime stories to my children.
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On July 27, 2020, Leonard Pickard was released from prison on compassionate grounds with the court citing his advanced age and medical conditions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In 2011 Leonard Pickard authored an overview of the NADDIS system entitled "DEA's NADDIS System: A Guide for Attorneys, the Courts, and Researchers".
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Leonard Pickard says it's the same spirit described in Thomas De Quincey and Jorge Luis Borges's short stories about Paracelsus, the 16th-century physician and alchemist of Basel who resurrected a rose from its ashes: "there could be no creation for lack of faith and the trust of gold".
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