Pubdate: Sat, 27 Aug 2005
Source: Du Quoin Evening Call (IL)
Copyright: 2005 Du Quoin Evening Call
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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.
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