Trustees Approve Local Ban on Synthetic Drugs

Following a Jan. 1 statewide ban on the use of synthetic drugs, the village of Evergreen Park has added more restrictions and adopted a local ordinance making it illegal to possess or sell the faux drugs.

In a move to protect residents from a growing trend that has been outlawed by the state of Illinois since Jan. 1, Trustees approved Tuesday a local ban on selling and possessing synthetic drugs in the village. If anyone in Evergreen Park is caught selling, possessing, delivering and/or using synthetic drugs, they will be fined $150 to $750, although it is not yet clear what would cause the minimum or maximum fine, according to Evergreen Park Police Chief Michael Saunders. According to Ordinance 1-2012, the village of Evergreen Park “deems it necessary and desirable to prohibit the sale, delivery, possession and use of products containing synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic stimulants, and synthetic hallucinogens in order to protect the …

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