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  • Title: Dispensing of controlled substances to assist suicide. Interpretive rule.
    Author: Department of Justice.
    Journal: Fed Regist; 2001 Nov 09; 66(218):56607-8. PubMed ID: 11760766.
    Abstract:
    For the reasons provided in the memorandum set forth below, the Attorney General has determined that assisting suicide is not a "legitimate medical purpose" within the meaning of 21 CFR 1306.04 (2001), and that prescribing, dispensing, or administering federally controlled substances to assist suicide violates the Controlled Substances Act. Such conduct by a physician registered to dispense controlled substances may "render his registration . . . inconsistent with the public interest" and therefore subject to possible suspension or revocation under 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(4). The Attorney General's conclusion applies regardless of whether state law authorizes or permits such conduct by practitioners or others and regardless of the condition of the person whose suicide is assisted. The Attorney General recognizes, however, that pain management is a legitimate medical purpose justifying a physician's dispensing of controlled substances. Finally, the Attorney General's determination makes no change in the current standards and practices of the DEA in any State other than Oregon.
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