![]() ![]() "There are always going to be people who find ways to get around this, like the people who began using glass cigar containers after we banned crack pipes, but it makes it harder and harder for them," he said during committee testimony. Michael Pfleger, a South Side Roman Catholic priest well known for his campaigns against drugs, alcohol and tobacco products. "This new language is even stronger than the original proposal because under it somebody can't just invent a new product and call it by a different name," said Rev. ![]() The proposal approved in committee replaces the words "grain alcohol" with a more basic description of any product that has an alcoholic content exceeding 76 percent. Streeter and Jones originally introduced ordinances to ban the sale of grain alcohol in their own South Side wards because of rampant crack cocaine traffic there and because of the large numbers of small "airplane bottles" of the alcohol available on the shelves of liquor stores and taverns.īut Streeter testified Monday that Mayor Richard Daley urged them to combine their efforts into a more effective, citywide ordinance. ![]() The alcohol provides a very intense heat source and is portable, allowing drug dealers to make crack almost anywhere, he said. "You can cook up almost a half a kilo of cocaine with just one small bottle of grain alcohol," said Love. ![]()
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