Illinois Chapter 720 ILCS 542 – Bath Salts Prohibition Act
Illinois Chapter 720 ILCS 542 is solely focused on the illegal drug bath salts. Selling these can result in a major fine and felony conviction.
What Chapter 542 Covers
This act regulates the sales of a drug, synthetic cathinones, that is often called ‘bath salts.’ Its purpose is to stop the sale of this drug when it is disguised as legitimate bath salts.
You can read a breakdown of the regulation below, explained in plain English.
Chapter 542 Statutes Explained
Charged With a Bath Salts Crime in Illinois?
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720 ILCS 542 Sec. 15 – Definitions
This section explains definitions for key terms used in the Illinois Basth Salts Prohibition Act.
“Bath salts” means anything that has a drug called a “cathinone” in it, whether it was naturally occurring or it was made in a laboratory.
“Person” means people, companies, groups of people, or another business organization.
“Retail mercantile establishment” means somewhere that items are stored, shown off, or sold to the public.
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