I tried to discover, from Smiles, his wives, partner and daughter anything that was negative, but nothing really came to light.

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In September 2016, Stephen Bentley's book Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story gave an account of one of only three undercover officers engaged on the operation. Divinorin A was found to be identical to Ortega’s salvinorin, so the compounds were re-named salvinorin A and B.It was made from the beaten leaves of the “hierba Maria” plant, which was probably Salvia divinorum.

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Nick Sand set up the Port Coquitlam lab in Canada and began manufacturing LSD, DMT, MDMA, and MDA on a large scale. The first images of the human brain on LSD were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Three doses of MDMA were given to volunteers in conjunction with psychotherapy over the course of 18 weeks. The Brotherhood of Eternal Love, founded by John Griggs and Michael Randall, was established as a tax-exempt religious entity, with LSD as its sacrament. Because Smiles never saw drug use or dealing as “wrong” he didn’t have the built-in shame/guilt that some criminals have and which can increase their sense of risk. A further raid in the Dordogne region in France located documents that detailed and proved the LSD business had been immense.