Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Controlled Substances Act : Gonzales v. Oregon.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Drugs.

Euthanasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews arguments made by parties, and final resolution, of the Supreme Court case Gonzales v. Oregon, which challenged Department of Justice implementation of regulations under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to prohibit the distribution of federally controlled substances to assist in an individual's suicide, in light of an Oregon law that permits physician-assisted suicide using CSA-regulated drugs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Controlled Substances Act

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