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):

Drugs.

Euthanasia.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2006

Summary:

Reviews arguments made by parties, and final resolution, of the Supreme Court case Gonzales volume 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:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2006-AML-0162

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