# Illinois — 30-day purchase limit — Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules

For Illinois, jurisdiction is Illinois — 30-day purchase limit; 30-day limit is more than a total of 7,500 milligrams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; statute or regulation citation is 720 ILCS 648/20(b), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois — 30-day purchase limit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **30-day limit:** more than a total of 7,500 milligrams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or regulation citation:** 720 ILCS 648/20(b) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section, no person shall knowingly purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire, within any 30-day period products containing more than a total of 7,500 milligrams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-648-20/

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
Part of [Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules](https://referencesource.org/pseudoephedrine-purchase-limits-by-state/).