![]() ![]() 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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