Illinois Drugged driving law change proposed - News - Pekin Daily Times - Pekin, IL - Pekin, IL

A state senator has proposed a new law that would separate marijuana and other generally illegal drugs from alcohol in the rules that govern, and attempt to measure the level of, intoxicated driving.The change is needed to keep up with Illinois' new permission for people qualified by physicians to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, an area attorney said Monday.Rodney Nordstrom of Peoria said the new law would also erase a scenario that begins