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720 ILCS 690/1 (2026)

Use prohibited

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(720 ILCS 690/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 81-1)
    Sec. 1. Use prohibited. No person shall ingest, breathe, inhale or drink any compound, liquid, or chemical containing toluol, hexane, trichloroethylene, acetone, toluene, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, trichloroethane, isopropanol, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl cellosolve acetate, cyclohexanone, the alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine, or scopolamine, or any other substance for the purpose of inducing a condition of intoxication, stupefaction, depression, giddiness, paralysis or irrational behavior, or in any manner changing, distorting or disturbing the auditory, visual or mental processes. For the purposes of this Act, any such condition so induced shall be deemed to be an intoxicated condition.
(Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-640, eff. 1-1-97.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: People v. Hasselbring, 2014 IL App (4th) 131128 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
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People v. Hasselbring, 2014 IL App (4th) 131128 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “Indeed, section 1 of the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act (720 ILCS 690/1 (West 2012)) specifically lists the qualifying intoxicating compounds to the exclusion of benzoylecgonine.”
People v. Hasselbring, 2014 IL App (4th) 131128 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “Indeed, section 1 of the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act (720 ILCS 690/1 (West 2012)) specifically lists the qualifying intoxicating compounds to the exclusion of benzoylecgonine.”
People v. Jannusch, 2021 IL App (2d) 190676-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “BACKGROUND ¶4 Defendant was arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of an intoxicating compound (720 ILCS 690/1 (West 2016)). Subsequently, she moved to quash her arrest and suppress the illegal drugs that were found in her purse.”
People v. Ordner, 2025 IL App (5th) 230216-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 5× “In that motion, defense counsel argued that the State had presented no evidence that defendant was under the influence of an intoxicating compound, as defined under 5 the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act (Intoxicating Compounds Act) (720 ILCS 690/1 et seq. (West 2020)) ¶ 18 Don…”
Piatek v. Norazza, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2025). “” 720 ILCS 690/1 (emphasis added), 690/4 (categorizing a first violation of the statute as a Class C misdemeanor).”
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