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William Leonard Pickard

Born

in DeKalb County, Georgia, The United States

October 21, 1945

Website

http://www.freeleonardpickard.org/

Genre

Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Spirituality

Influences

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William Leonard Pickard, M.A. (Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, 1995) is a chemist and ordained Zen Buddhist priest who was deputy director of University of California, Los Angeles' Drug Policy Research Program prior to his third arrest on controlled-substance charges.

Pickard was sentenced to life without parole in 2003 for manufacturing large quantities of LSD. (He was granted "compassionate release" from federal prison in July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, after serving 20 years of his sentence.) While incarcerated, Pickard turned to writing, producing the entirety of his first book, The Rose of Paracelsus, with pencil and paper. ...more

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William Leonard Pickard’s books

Average rating: 4.02 · 239 ratings · 30 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rose Of Paracelsus: On Secrets & Sacraments 4.34 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation White Rabbit: LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King by Dennis McDougal, William Leonard Pickard (Contributor) 3.58 avg rating — 132 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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