Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, et al.
Petitioners
Paul D. Clement, Acting Solicitor General The U.S. Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970, giving the Federal Government regulatory control over the production and distribution of drugs and other substances susceptible to abuse. One section of the law required physicians to register with the U.S. attorney general in order to prescribe a controlled substance. On November 9, 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft ruled that this provision of the CSA allowed him to revoke the registration of any physician who, operating under Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act (DWDA), prescribed controlled substances to an individual with a terminal…
