Current status of the war-on-drugs and the subsequent effects on LSD distribution
I thought I'd give everyone here a little heads up.
No doubt, by now, many of you have noticed that LSD has become somewhat scarce across Canada.
There is good reason for this. The LSD distribution and synthesis cycle takes a good deal of effort and equipment. In the past year, law enforcement has been constricting its grip over multiple areas of this cycle.
Naturally, the conservative government is to blame. What's surprising, is that they're actually doing a half decent job, for once.
Virtually everyone I've known has either been taken down or has gone into hiding. The strategy used is the same as usual, the most common when it comes to police infiltrating a distribution cycle.
1) One member, usually a street level independent purchaser is caught.
2) This individual is frightened and coaxed into assisting the police, in exchange for legal leniency. It's interesting to note that this promise of leniency is always a lie. Only the crown attorney in charge of the individual's case can offer such a barter- and that is something that is done well into legal proceedings (in this case, the individual becomes known as an Agént Provocateur).
3) The individual locates his supplier and the police either conduct surveillance or take the supplier down, based on their best discretion.
4) The cycle repeats itself, one step higher up in the ladder.
While this has not changed, a few interesting additions have been made to the Canadian police and their investigative methodology.
1) While it is standard police protocol to report most closed cases to the media (to receive praise), they have been avoiding it of late. Of course a major drug bust in an urban environment is difficult to hide, but it is my observation that they've undertaken the interesting hobby of 'clandestine busting'. This is why you haven't likely heard of too many new busts in the media.
2) To anyone with a degree in the sciences or anyone working in the management of a factory, it's evident that there's been a severe tightening over the ability to procure chemicals of all sorts, not just CDSA schedule VI precursors. It's very difficult to produce here in Canada, these days. The policy appears to be inter-provincial, although I've only observed it in action here in Ontario.
3) Border control, especially mail-related has been tightened very efficiently. This is due to suspected terrorist activities, I'd imagine. Whatever the case, transporting LSD over the border seems to have become risky business. Customs has been charging +$2.95 for searches on arbitrary packages, even flat mail. They sort of just tear it open (they aren't particularly neat about it) and then repackage it (often just in some sort of plastic wrap), poorly.
This [partially] explains why LSD is so rampant in the States, but not north of the border.
4) As of November 1st, 2010, legislation was reintroduced to allow Canadian Law Enforcement to have the ability to tap your
internet connection without a warrant. This is done through your ISP's server. It looks like it's going to be passed: this is when the real trouble begins.
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/11/01/justice-nicholson-justice-isp.html
A good way to combat this, for Internet users like you, was developed by the lovely and admirable Electronic Frontier Foundation.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
While there are more certainly others that are better informed than I, these have been my observations.
Most LSD currently available is residual.
Here's an sample that someone who isn't me (seriously, lol, it isn't me) acquired recently.
Like I said, this is residual. And yes, the print really is that blurry.
If you live in Toronto and eat acid, you've probably attended Drummer's in Exile's Drum Circle. You may have noticed how the whole outdoor event was cut a couple of weeks short this summer. This is because the organizers received a tip that a raid was being planned and was done to save the circle for another year. When next year looms, I wouldn't advise going there with intoxicants of any sort- at least not right away.
The above information is based on the collaboration of a variety of sources and my personal observations.
The drug war is occurring with tremendous ferocity here in Canada and the conservatives have made the excellent (for them) decision to keep media reporting at a minimum.
This information applies to most drugs, but LSD is affected in particular, as an effective distribution system is extremely challenging to establish.
There is no doubt that this is going on, however, I probably do not know the full extent of its effects or how long it will last. Perhaps our upcoming bi-election will bring some changes- but probably not.
Just thought you ought to know. Watch yourselves, and your surroundings, closely.
