420mory
06-03-2006, 08:51 PM
In 2000 a LSD production facility based in a missile silo in Kansas was busted by the DEA. The LSD availability dropped by 95% according to the DEA. Two people - Apperson and Pickard - were sentenced to 30 years and life-time imprisonment respectively.At the recent LSD conference in Mark McCloud (http://www.blotterbarn.com/history.html)interrupted a lecture by John Halpern accusing him of working with the DEA in this case. John Halpern was working for MAPS (http://www.maps.org/)as researcher on scientific studies with MDMA, psilocybin and LSD. And more striking even: Halpern was a good friend of Pickard.
You can read the article and view the documents below
These are some more interesting links:
* Halperngate; Jon Hanna (http://www.entheogenreview.com/halperngate.html)- published in the Entheogen Review, 2006 - see also a copy below
* The Bad Shaman Meets the Wayward Doc (http://www.tripzine.com/listing.php?id=650) â?? Alfred Savinelli, John Halpern, and the Silo Bust - Another critical article about Halpern from Tripzine.
* Courtcase Marc McCloud's (http://www.partyvibe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=958) - For the production of blotter art: empty! LSD papers
* Lysergic, by K.A. Cole (http://www.lysergicbook.com/index.html) - Book from girlfriend of Skinner, another DEA snitch, involved in the LSD silo bust.
* Psychedelic medicine: Mind bending, health giving (http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg18524881.400) - General article from New Scientist, not directly related to this case.
* Wikipedia about LSD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD) - with also some information related to the missile LSD bust in 2000.
- Documents - John Halpern as DEA snitch - part 1
- Documents - John Halpern as DEA snitch - part 2
You can read the article and view the documents below
These are some more interesting links:
* Halperngate; Jon Hanna (http://www.entheogenreview.com/halperngate.html)- published in the Entheogen Review, 2006 - see also a copy below
* The Bad Shaman Meets the Wayward Doc (http://www.tripzine.com/listing.php?id=650) â?? Alfred Savinelli, John Halpern, and the Silo Bust - Another critical article about Halpern from Tripzine.
* Courtcase Marc McCloud's (http://www.partyvibe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=958) - For the production of blotter art: empty! LSD papers
* Lysergic, by K.A. Cole (http://www.lysergicbook.com/index.html) - Book from girlfriend of Skinner, another DEA snitch, involved in the LSD silo bust.
* Psychedelic medicine: Mind bending, health giving (http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg18524881.400) - General article from New Scientist, not directly related to this case.
* Wikipedia about LSD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD) - with also some information related to the missile LSD bust in 2000.
- Documents - John Halpern as DEA snitch - part 1
- Documents - John Halpern as DEA snitch - part 2