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In 2001, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft issued a directive that physician-assisted suicide, as permitted by the Oregon law, did not qualify as a legitimate medical purpose under the CSA. As a result, physicians who prescribed lethal doses of controlled substances to patients to induce suicide could be prosecuted and their license to ...
Sep 29, 2005 · In 2001, acting pursuant to an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft directed that prescribing medication to assist a suicide is not a “legitimate medical purpose” under the Controlled Substances Act, a federal statute enacted in 1970 to enhance federal drug enforcement power.
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Jun 8, 2022 · U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft declared in 2001 that the Act violated the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, and threatened to revoke the medical licenses of physicians who engaged in MAID. Oregon sued the Attorney General in federal district court. The district court and the Ninth Circuit both held that Ashcroft’s directive was illegal.
Case (chronological Order)Case SummaryRuling Excerpts1. In re Quinlan 70 N.J. 10 Mar. 31, ...In 1975, 21-year-old Karen Ann Quinlan ...Although the Constitution does not ...2. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of ...Nancy Beth Cruzan was involved in an ...“The United States Constitution does not ...3. Washington v. Glucksberg 521 U.S. 702 ...Harold Glucksberg, MD, along with three ...“In almost every State — indeed, in ...4. Vacco v. Quill 526 U.S. 793 June 26, ...Timothy Quill, MD, along with two other ...“New York’s statutes outlawing assisting ...May 27, 2004 · Federal appeals court upholds only law in nation authorizing doctors to help their terminally ill patients commit suicide, saying Atty Gen John Ashcroft overstepped his authority in trying to ...
Oct 5, 2005 · Facts of the case. In 1994 Oregon enacted the Death with Dignity Act, the first state law authorizing physicians to prescribe lethal doses of controlled substances to terminally ill patients. Attorney General John Ashcroft declared in 2001 that physician-assisted suicide violated the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (CSA).
Dec 11, 2002 · Abstract. Objective. Late in 2001, the State of Oregon filed suit against Attorney General John Ashcroft, seeking to halt his recent directive that physicians who comply with the Oregon Death with Dignity Act by writing a lethal prescription for a controlled substance should be prosecuted for violating the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Text of Ashcroft Directive. November 6, 2001. FROM: John Ashcroft, Attorney General. SUBJECT: Dispensing of Controlled Substances to Assist Suicide. As you are aware, the Supreme Court reaffirmed last term that the application of federal law regulating controlled substances is uniform throughout the United States and may not be nullified by the ...
