 Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Monday that Jersey County
was the latest target of Operation Smoke Out, an effort to stop the
distribution and production of synthetic drugs, including synthetic
marijuana and stimulants known as Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, K2 and
spice.
Officers and investigators seized drugs worth $32,000 on the
street from William F. Brockman Tobacco and Candy Wholesale in
Jerseyville. They also found drugs valued at $65,000 at the home of
a Brockman Wholesale employee.
This particular wholesaler is suspected of supplying synthetic
drugs to retailers and communities as far south as Benton and all
the way over to the Decatur area.
Madigan’s office began the fight to stop synthetic drug abuse
after calls to Poison Control Centers concerning the side effects of
the drugs doubled from 2010 to 2011.
In the fall, Illinois banned specific formulas of synthetic
drugs.
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