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Dope-o-scope

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Month
March
Year
1968
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DOPE-O-SCOPE

It's good to be back under the SUN.

Many groovy things have been happening on the dope scene since the last Dealer's column. To begin with, quite a few of the more exotic hallucinogens have been finding their way around the Big D. Psylocybin and mescaline have been showing up quite a bit, along with a goodly amount of DMT, DET, and hashish.

The quality of the standards has been going up--many bricks oL excellent weed and much good clean acid (for a change) can be had at reasonable prices. $10 a lid (1 oz.) for grass and $4-5 for good acid seems to be the going rate. $6-7 for psylocybin and mescaline, $10-12 for a gram of hash, DMT and DET.

BEWARE: Certain unscrupulous dealers have been cutting psylocybin into half doses (these are usually the same queers who cut acid with meth) and selling that for a total scene. A full dose of psylocybin should be about 50 milligrams (synthetic). There are some doses of the real Mushroom to be had at $8 a hit--it's a gasser too.

Try smoking the mushroom, it's out of sight!

Beware of the "peace pill" or "LBJ", the latter is as distasteful as the initials suggest. It is reported to contain a quantity of formaldehyde or belladonna, a real bummer.

Also be on the alert for our never-tiring foe, the Nark. The real LBJ has seen to it that Wayne and Washtenaw Counties both have an overbalance of federal narks. There are so many of them that they're stepping on each other.

Be careful who you sell to, be careful of who you smoke with. One of the favorite tricks of the Nark is to promise clemency to a busted cat in return for setting up more busts. Don't sell to people who have just been busted unless you know them very well. It could mean a bust for YOU.

Some groovy books to read: "The Marijuana Papers," edited by David Solomon of Playboy magazine; "POT: A Handbook of Marijuana, " by Ann Arbor head John Rosevear (who-will be interviewed for the next SUN!); and "Grass: An Anthology of Indian Hemp, " edited by George Andrewes (of "Book of Grass" fame) and Simon Vinkenoog (one of the originators of the Provo movement in Amsterdam).

Some of the recent busts: Chuck Karling, possession, $2000 bond, and Peter Canfield, possession, $2000 bond, both popped by local detectives in Ann Arbor; Stanley Zillfro, sales and possession, $45, 000 bond (another charge of draft evasion has been brought on him), busted in the Rosemary Apartments on Prentis--sixteen people at his place were also arrested and charged with "Loitering on premises where narcotics are being sold. " This is the first time people have been charged with the misdemeanor, usually they're held overnight and released without charge the next morning. The police are obviously trying to put everyone up tight and get them to stop smoking dope out of fear. IT WON'T WORK. The people at the Rosemary all (except for one girl) pleaded "not guilty" and are demanding jury trials on the misdemeanor rap. This will cost the state a lot of bread, especially if the defendants obtain the legal aid of a government agency like Neighborhood Legal Services, and maybe the citizens will see that they are being robbed by stupid police actions. The judge set exorbitant bonds ($300 and $500) for misdemeanor trials in an attempt to discourage the free people, but everyone was out by the next afternoon on bond, thanks to Wardford Bonding Agency.

These people need any money you can spare for their defense. A neighborhood bond and defense fund has finally been set up through Trans -Love and LEMAR and you can contribute to it by sending a dollar or two to the Warren-Forest Defense Fund. Make checks out to LEMAR. If you put a few dollars in the fund now they will help you when you're popped or in trouble. Ask the people from the Rosemary what it's like to sit in jail waiting for bond.

People in Ann Arbor be alert for a brown '65 Ford containing two very alert Narks.

This column will bring you news of busts and legal maneuvers as they happen. If you have news of a bust you were in and want to report it, drop a line with the facts to the old dope dealers at the SUN, 499 West Forest, Detroit 48201, or call 833-3166 and tell us your story or what you're doing. If we can help keep all this shit out in the open the police will have a harder time explaining their actions, and we can put the heat on THEM.

Everything has been pretty hot in the area since Rocky was busted with all those keys at the airport. Dope activity in Detroit was brought to a near standstill for close to a month before the gates burst open around Christmas-time and have stayed open. A lawyer friend of ours speculated that the feds may have cut all traffic for a month so things would dry up then let the channels start operating so they could watch them better and see just where the dope is going and where it's coming from. They are staking out people's houses and tapping phones all over, but they're fighting a losing battle. THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA MUST HAVE THEIR ENLIGHTENMENT NOW! They can 't stop it. Police action has stepped up considerably but more and more dope is coming in, and if you exercise proper caution there should be no hassles. Do your thing, but be cool about it. It ain't hip to get busted. And remember: a pipe of kief in the morning gives a man the strength of 100 camels in the courtyard all day long!