To keep the public informed of methamphetamine makers in their midst, Illinois State Police and the governor’s office Sunday unveiled an online database of convicted meth producers.
“This registry provides people statewide with a resource to identify those who have been convicted of manufacturing this drug and help them engage in the fight to stop production in their neighborhoods,” Gov. Blagojevich said in a statement.
Blagojevich signed a bill in June 2006 requiring the creation of the site. Illinois is one of a handful of states that have such databases, said Gerardo Cardenas, a Blagojevich spokesman.
The intent of the site is to protect communities from the dangers that homegrown meth operations can bring, the statement said. Apart from the drug’s effects on those who take it, the laboratories are a safety concern because the chemicals necessary to make the drug are highly combustible.
To see the list, go to www.isp.state.il.us/meth.
What is it?
Like an online sex-offender registry, the new list — dubbed the methamphetamine manufacturing registry — displays the name, date of birth, type of offense and county where the offense took place. But it doesn’t have home addresses or a physical description.
