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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Inhalant Related Legislation in Illinois

From the Bloomington Pantagraph in Illinois:

Legislators in Illinois are looking at changing the state law aimed at those individuals repeatedly arrested for inhalant related offenses.

Under the current law “a judge can send an offender for jail for 30 days” but the concern is that 30 days is not long enough for someone to get help for their addiction. The pending legislation would “increase the maximum sentence to up to a year for someone's second huffing offense” and could include mandatory treatment.

The legislation is House Bill 3869. It has been approved by a House Committee but still needs full House and Senate consideration.

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