LSD Lab in Silo: Kansas Drug Bust Uncovered
A missile silo built to survive nuclear war became the perfect LSD factory. DEA agents raided the underground bunker in Wamego, Kansas, and found a fully operational lab run by William Leonard Pickard and Clyde Apperson — capable of producing hundreds of millions of doses annually. Pickard wasn't some amateur cook. He was a Harvard researcher. The bust cut estimated U.S. LSD supply by 95% almost overnight. But here's the twist: building a drug empire inside Cold War infrastructure meant the government's own design protected its biggest narcotics problem for years.
November 7, 2000
26 years ago
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