The former owner of a Texas chemical distribution company was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for supplying chemicals to an Ecstasy lab in Escondido.
Hobart Huson, 35, is one of 18 people who have pleaded guilty or been convicted in the San Diego federal case involving a lab that authorities said was capable of producing up to 1.5 million tablets of the drug a month.
At the time of his arrest in October 2001, Huson was a member of the November Coalition, a nonprofit group that calls for the reform of drug laws.
The lab was hidden in a rented office in Patton Industrial Park that also housed an Internet pornography business operating as Infobase Direct Marketing.
Federal authorities say the drug ring was testing the lab with the intention of producing Ecstasy in bulk. Authorities say they believe they raided the lab before the drug hit the streets.
Huson, under the pseudonym "Strike," also is the author of "Total Synthesis II," a book about manufacturing illegal drugs.
"He's got an extremely well-developed sense of how these chemicals react," said Todd Robinson, the federal prosecutor in the case. "He's regarded as an expert by the Ecstasy underground."
Before his arrest, Huson was the subject of a TV news magazine segment that accused him of selling chemicals to an Arizona drug lab run by college students. Huson, the grandson of a Texas historian and the son of a lawyer, later was indicted in a separate case connected to that lab.
Until his guilty plea in June, Huson denied the allegations, saying his company, Science Alliance, was a legitimate chemical supply company.
Prosecutors say he helped run the Hive, an online chat room aimed at underground chemists that referred users to Huson's business.
Huson resigned from Science Alliance, the Humble, Texas, company that he co-owned, soon after his arrest.
Dennis Alba of Oceanside, who was convicted by a federal jury in July, faces 20 years to life in prison as a leader of the drug ring.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, most Ecstasy is "cooked" in labs outside the United States. The agency estimates that about 80 percent of the world supply of Ecstasy is produced in Europe.
Testimony during Alba's trial revealed that he set up a meeting to discuss operating a lab in Mexico with members of the Joaquin Guzman Loera drug cartel, Robinson said. Guzman, known as "El Chapo," escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico in January 2001.
> >The former owner of a Texas chemical distribution company was > >sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for supplying chemicals > >to an Ecstasy lab in Escondido.
> >Hobart Huson, 35, is one of 18 people who have pleaded guilty or been > >convicted in the San Diego federal case involving a lab that > >authorities said was capable of producing up to 1.5 million tablets of > >the drug a month.
> >At the time of his arrest in October 2001, Huson was a member of the > >November Coalition, a nonprofit group that calls for the reform of > >drug laws.
> >The lab was hidden in a rented office in Patton Industrial Park that > >also housed an Internet pornography business operating as Infobase > >Direct Marketing.
> >Federal authorities say the drug ring was testing the lab with the > >intention of producing Ecstasy in bulk. Authorities say they believe > >they raided the lab before the drug hit the streets.
> >Huson, under the pseudonym "Strike," also is the author of "Total > >Synthesis II," a book about manufacturing illegal drugs.
> >"He's got an extremely well-developed sense of how these chemicals > >react," said Todd Robinson, the federal prosecutor in the case. "He's > >regarded as an expert by the Ecstasy underground."
> >Before his arrest, Huson was the subject of a TV news magazine segment > >that accused him of selling chemicals to an Arizona drug lab run by > >college students. Huson, the grandson of a Texas historian and the son > >of a lawyer, later was indicted in a separate case connected to that > >lab.
> >Until his guilty plea in June, Huson denied the allegations, saying > >his company, Science Alliance, was a legitimate chemical supply > >company.
> >Prosecutors say he helped run the Hive, an online chat room aimed at > >underground chemists that referred users to Huson's business.
> >Huson resigned from Science Alliance, the Humble, Texas, company that > >he co-owned, soon after his arrest.
> >Dennis Alba of Oceanside, who was convicted by a federal jury in July, > >faces 20 years to life in prison as a leader of the drug ring.
> >According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, most Ecstasy is > >"cooked" in labs outside the United States. The agency estimates that > >about 80 percent of the world supply of Ecstasy is produced in Europe.
> >Testimony during Alba's trial revealed that he set up a meeting to > >discuss operating a lab in Mexico with members of the Joaquin Guzman > >Loera drug cartel, Robinson said. Guzman, known as "El Chapo," escaped > >from a maximum security prison in Mexico in January 2001.
> Would anyone be willing to post Strike's books? They are impossible > to find anywhere.
Try buying one. It would help pay the defense against the offensive and violent christian jew cop taxus government.
> >The former owner of a Texas chemical distribution company was > >sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for supplying chemicals > >to an Ecstasy lab in Escondido.
> >Hobart Huson, 35, is one of 18 people who have pleaded guilty or been > >convicted in the San Diego federal case involving a lab that > >authorities said was capable of producing up to 1.5 million tablets of > >the drug a month.
> >At the time of his arrest in October 2001, Huson was a member of the > >November Coalition, a nonprofit group that calls for the reform of > >drug laws.
> >The lab was hidden in a rented office in Patton Industrial Park that > >also housed an Internet pornography business operating as Infobase > >Direct Marketing.
> >Federal authorities say the drug ring was testing the lab with the > >intention of producing Ecstasy in bulk. Authorities say they believe > >they raided the lab before the drug hit the streets.
> >Huson, under the pseudonym "Strike," also is the author of "Total > >Synthesis II," a book about manufacturing illegal drugs.
> >"He's got an extremely well-developed sense of how these chemicals > >react," said Todd Robinson, the federal prosecutor in the case. "He's > >regarded as an expert by the Ecstasy underground."
> >Before his arrest, Huson was the subject of a TV news magazine segment > >that accused him of selling chemicals to an Arizona drug lab run by > >college students. Huson, the grandson of a Texas historian and the son > >of a lawyer, later was indicted in a separate case connected to that > >lab.
> >Until his guilty plea in June, Huson denied the allegations, saying > >his company, Science Alliance, was a legitimate chemical supply > >company.
> >Prosecutors say he helped run the Hive, an online chat room aimed at > >underground chemists that referred users to Huson's business.
> >Huson resigned from Science Alliance, the Humble, Texas, company that > >he co-owned, soon after his arrest.
> >Dennis Alba of Oceanside, who was convicted by a federal jury in July, > >faces 20 years to life in prison as a leader of the drug ring.
> >According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, most Ecstasy is > >"cooked" in labs outside the United States. The agency estimates that > >about 80 percent of the world supply of Ecstasy is produced in Europe.
> >Testimony during Alba's trial revealed that he set up a meeting to > >discuss operating a lab in Mexico with members of the Joaquin Guzman > >Loera drug cartel, Robinson said. Guzman, known as "El Chapo," escaped > >from a maximum security prison in Mexico in January 2001.
> Would anyone be willing to post Strike's books? They are impossible > to find anywhere.
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>>>The former owner of a Texas chemical distribution company was >>>sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for supplying chemicals >>>to an Ecstasy lab in Escondido.
>> Would anyone be willing to post Strike's books? They are impossible >> to find anywhere.
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 17:49:35 GMT, "Someone Somewhere"
<gbsjk...@gshlgkhlgh.com> wrote: >Total Synthesis II is at Amazon.com
