Oregon Law and the CSA
Statement by Attorney General Janet Reno
The Department has conducted a thorough and careful review of the issue of whether the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) authorizes adverse action against a physician who prescribes a controlled substance to assist in a suicide in compliance with Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. We have concluded that adverse action against a physician who has assisted in a suicide in full compliance with the Oregon act would not be authorized by the CSA. Oregon Death With Dignity Act. The Oregon Act was approved by Oregon voters on November 8, 1994, and went into effect on October 27, 1997. The Act provides…
