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The decision established that states, not the federal government, regulate the practice of medicine:<ref>''Gonzales v. Oregon'', 546 U.S. at 275</ref>

The decision established that states, not the federal government, regulate the practice of medicine:<ref>''Gonzales v. Oregon'', 546 U.S. at 275</ref>

:The Government, in the end, maintains that the prescription requirement delegates to a single Executive officer the power to effect a radical shift of authority from the States to the Federal Government to define general standards of medical practice in every locality.  The text and structure of the [federal law] show that Congress did not have this far-reaching intent to alter the federal-state balance and the congressional role in maintaining it.

:The Government, in the end, maintains that the prescription requirement delegates to a single Executive officer the power to effect a radical shift of authority from the States to the Federal Government to define general standards of medical practice in every locality.  The text and structure of the [federal law] show that Congress did not have this far-reaching intent to alter the federal-state balance and the congressional role in maintaining it.  

 

Since that decision and as of 2007, Justice Alito has replaced Justice O'Connor the Court.  

== Subsequent Decisions Relying on Gonzales v. Oregon ==

== Subsequent Decisions Relying on Gonzales v. Oregon ==