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Gonzales v. Oregon  

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  • The Oregon Death with Dignity Act, a ballot initiative that legalized physician assisted suicide, won approval of Oregon voters in 1994. The law permits physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a patient agreed by two doctors to be within six months of dying from an incurable condition. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Gonzales v. Oregon]

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