The Outlaw Chemists Who Deserve a Cut of the Psychedelic Gold Rush They seeded medical breakthroughs and emerging markets. Now expunge their criminal records and let them go legit. Courtesy of the Drug Enforcement Administration A mugshot of William Leonard Pickard On November 6, 2000, Kansas Highway Patrolmen pulled over a rented Buick LeSabre on what seemed like a routine traffic stop. That was until the driver, 58-year-old William Leonard Pickard, bolted from the scene on foot, escaping into the woods of rural Kansas. Searching the Buick, the police found, among other seemingly incriminating literature, a government-issued guide on controlled substances and a brochure titled “How to Escape Federal Prison Camp.” More crucially, in a Ryder van accompanying the rented LeSabre, the cops found a packed-up LSD lab.