Pubdate: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 Source: Du Quoin Evening Call (IL) Copyright: 2005 Du Quoin Evening Call Contact: http://www.duquoin.com/about_us/ Website: http://www.duquoin.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3898 Note: Feedback email is LTE form for submission Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WAR ON METH INCLUDES SHOWING ID & SIGNING FOR PSEUDOEPHEDRINE The timing was perfect as the steel tracks of a Bradley fighting machine broke the silence of preparations for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's press conference. It seemed like a fitting visual aid to drive home Madigan's commitment to the "war" on methamphetamine at the opening of the Du Quoin State Fair. The Bradley had actually pulled up as part of a National Guard display nearby. The press conference had a simple message: Illinois will stop being the "meth shopping mall of the Midwest." Madigan was joined by Perry County Sheriff Keith Kellerman, Franklin County Sheriff Bill Wilson and a dozen other law enforcement personnel as she announced legislation she plans to introduce this fall that would require anyone purchasing previously over-the-counter decongestants to show an ID and sign for the substances. Madigan said she will proposed that Illinois adopt a law similar to the one that took effect in Iowa on May 21, 2005 that has led to a 75 percent drop in the number of meth labs reported in that state. - --- MAP posted-by: Elizabeth Wehrman