What is William Leonard Pickard?
[[File:Leonardpickard.jpg|thumb|{{nowrap|William Leonard Pickard}}]] '''William Leonard Pickard''' (born October 21, 1945) is an [[Americans|American]] writer, researcher and convicted [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficker]]. He is one of two people convicted in the largest [[lysergic acid diethylamide]] (LSD) manufacturing case in history. In 2000, while moving their LSD [[laboratory]] across [[Kansas]], Pickard and [[Clyde Apperson]] were pulled over by police while driving a rental truck and a follow car. He was later sentenced to serve two [[life sentence]]s. The [[DEA]] has claimed that Pickard's arrest led to a 95% drop in the availability of LSD in the US in the two years after his arrest. In 2015, Pickard published a book, ''The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets and Sacraments''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14950002.William_Leonard_Pickard|title=William Leonard Pickard|website=Goodreads|access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> On July 27, 2020, Pickard was given {{ill|compassionate release|en}} from federal prison 20 years into his sentence. Pickard was born in [[DeKalb County, Georgia]]. He attended [[Harvard University]]. He also lived in [[Mill Valley, California]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.marinij.com/2008/01/08/new-arrest-in-case-of-lsd-kingpin-from-mill-valley/|title=New arrest in case of LSD kingpin from Mill Valley|author=Klein, Gary|date=January 8, 2008|access-date=March 17, 2020|work=Marin Independent Journal}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.freeleonardpickard.org/ Free William Leonard Pickard] {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickard, William Leonard}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American people convicted of drug offenses]] [[Category:Criminals from California]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Writers from California]] [[Category:Writers from Georgia (U.S. state)]] {{US-bio-stub}}