{"product_id":"lsd-underground-david-black-9798435533651","title":"LSD Underground: Operation Julie, the Microdot Gang and the Brotherhood of Eternal Love","description":"In 1968, an expatriate American Beat writer and two Liverpool chemistry students launched a conspiracy to illegally manufacture LSD. It grew into a global industry, supplying the festival-going youth of the 1970s with tens of millions of trips.\u003cbr\u003eIt took the police several years to realise what had been established under their noses: laboratories manufacturing LSD; supply-chains for ingredients; and distribution networks which resembled the structure of terrorist cells. In 1977, 'Operation Julie', complete with a team of undercover 'hippie cops', carried out the 'biggest drugs bust in British history'.\u003cbr\u003eThe hippies wanted to bring about mass psychedelic enlightenment, but their idealism was compromised by the exigencies of running an organised crime group. Their prosecution was weaponised in a culture war to uphold 'traditional' values at the very time Margaret Thatcher was presenting herself as their enforcer.\u003cbr\u003eBased on documented testimony and personal accounts from 'both' sides, this book presents for the first time a roller-coaster, blow-by-blow account of the genesis, rise and fall of the LSD Underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798435533651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"David Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520707051775,"sku":"9798435533651","price":13.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48614ba0-acd2-4226-ac28-aed0a37be9ae.jpg?v=1762886645","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lsd-underground-david-black-9798435533651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}