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Attorney General Creates Operation Smoked Out

Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that retailers in Bloomington-Normal and the Champaign areas were targets today of “Operation Smoked Out,” an initiative aimed at removing illegal synthetic drugs from Illinois stores. In all, more than 6,000 packages of products with a street value of approximately $110,000 were handed over to law enforcement.


“Bloomington, Normal and Champaign have significant numbers of college students who have been enticed to purchase and use these illegal and dangerous products,” said Attorney General Madigan. “Retailers in these college towns should be aware that law enforcement will soon be walking through their front door to ensure that these dangerous, illegal drugs are not for sale.”


Madigan said today’s operation involved officers from the Normal Police Department and the McLean County Sheriff’s Department participated.


Many states, including Illinois, initially responded to the rise of synthetic drug use by passing laws that banned specific formulas of synthetic marijuana and bath salts. Drug makers attempted to sidestep these laws by replacing the banned chemicals with new formulas. A recent Illinois law that went into effect on Jan.1 takes a broader approach and bans all chemicals that are structural derivatives of the previously-banned chemicals. Madigan’s legislation would complement this current measure

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