Attorney General Lisa Madigan Thursday stands with Misty Cobb, a recovering methamphetamine user, during a two-day conference in Bloomington about the impact

of methamphetamine on agriculture, health care and child welfare. Madigan delivered the keynote address during the conference while Cobb spoke about the effects of meth on her and her family. The event was sponsored by Illinois State University, the Mennonite School of Nursing and Project X, a $2.5 million initiative targeting abuse of the illegal drugs Ecstasy and meth throughout Illinois.

Joined by, from left, State Sen. William Haine, Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Bruce Liebe and State Sen. Dale Righter, Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday testifies before the Senate Judiciary

Committee. The Attorney General spoke to the committee regarding her proposal to pass legislation similar to a law that took effect in Iowa on May 21, 2005, that greatly restricted access to pseudoephedrine (PSE), the main ingredient used to make methamphetamine. Madigan’s proposal, Senate Bill 273, the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act, received unanimous passage in the House of Representatives last week.

Joined by Illinois State Police Lt. Terry Lemming, left, and State Rep. John Bradley (D-Marion) Attorney General

Lisa Madigan Tuesday testifies before the House Judiciary Committee urging the General Assembly to pass legislation she has drafted and proposed to bring Illinois law in line with its border states and ensure that Illinois does not become the meth ingredient shopping mall of the Midwest. For more information click here.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan Thursday listens to testimony from Martin Van Haaften, Director of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, in Quincy during the

last in a series of three Law Enforcement Summits on Methamphetamine. Madigan conducted the summits to assess the impact that laws in states bordering Illinois have on the production and abuse of meth in Illinois. Joining Madigan were State Rep. Richard Myers, left, and State Sen. John Sullivan, right, local legislators and law enforcement officials from Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.

Joined by State Reps. Jay Hoffman, center, and Dan Beiser, other legislators and law enforcement from

Illinois and Missouri, Attorney General Lisa Madigan Tuesday conducted the second in a series of three Law Enforcement Summits on Methamphetamine to assess the impact that laws in states bordering Illinois have on the production and abuse of meth in Illinois. For more information, click here.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan Monday listens to testimony by Dr. John Duncan, Chief Agent of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, during the first in a series of three Law Enforcement Summits

on Methamphetamine to assess the impact that laws in states bordering Illinois have on the production and abuse of meth in the state. Joining Madigan in Rock Island were, from left, state Rep. Patrick Verschoore, state Sen. Mike Jacobs, Michael Grchan, Rock Island County Sheriff, and other members of law enforcement from Illinois, Oklahoma and Iowa, as well as retailers. For more information, click here.

sponsors in the General Assembly were State Rep. John Bradley (D-Marion), far right, and State Sen. William Haine (D-Alton), far left. For more information, click here.

Madigan delivered the keynote address to law enforcement officials, child welfare providers and treatment providers attending the Southern Illinois Methamphetamine Awareness Conference, “A Regional Response to the Meth Epidemic in Southern Illinois.”

days after the Governor's signature. This was the second of a three-city flyaround that also included stops in Marion and Bloomington . For more information, click here.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday gives an overview of Senate Bill 562, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, during a meeting with elected officials from McLean County at Bloomington City Hall. Madigan also discussed other issues concerning area residents and services offered by her office.