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Illinois Statutes Chapter 720. Criminal Offenses § 690/4. Sentence

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

§ 4. Sentence.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), violation of this Act is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.

(b)(1) The knowing ingestion of any compound, liquid, or chemical containing the alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine, or scopolamine is a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) The sale, offer for sale, delivery, or giving to any person of a compound, liquid, or chemical containing the alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine, or scopolamine is a Class 4 felony.

(3) This subsection (b) does not prohibit the sale, offer for sale, delivery, giving, or ingestion of a compound, liquid, or chemical containing the alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine, or scopolamine under the direction or prescription of a practitioner authorized to so direct or prescribe as provided in Section 3.

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