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''Gonzales v. Oregon'', 546 U.S. 243 (2006), was a 6-3 decision limiting the power of the federal government to interfere with local medical issues.  Specifically, that case concerned a rule by the United States Attorney General John Ashcroft to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated drugs for use in physician-assisted suicide, despite an Oregon law allowing this.  

''Gonzales v. Oregon'', 546 U.S. 243 (2006), was a 6-3 decision limiting the power of the federal government to interfere with local medical issues.  Specifically, that case concerned a rule by the United States Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated drugs for use in physician-assisted suicide, despite an [[Oregon]] law allowing this.  

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>