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Civil Rights

Nov. 15, 2001

Terrorizing Terminally Ill Patients

In the midst of our national chaos, Attorney General John Ashcroft has found it wise to heap additional misery on a most unlikely victim, the terminally ill patient. This past week our prosecutor-in-chief instructed the Drug Enforcement Administration to pursue disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients under Oregon's unique physician-assisted suicide law.

        By Judith F. Daar

        In the midst of our national chaos, Attorney General John Ashcroft has found it wise to heap additional misery on a most unlikely victim, the terminally ill patient. This past week our prosecutor-in-chief instructed the Drug Enforcement Administration to pursue disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminal...

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