Physician Assisted Suicide: Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Rule Blocking Physician-Assisted Suicide

"11 Drugs used in physician-assisted suicide are grouped under Schedule II of the statutory scheme, and the CSA requires that patients receive a written, non-refillable prescription from a doctor before gaining access to them.12 The Attorney General must grant physicians a registration subject to the regulations of the Justice Department in order for that physician to lawfully prescribe these Schedule II drugs.13 Moreover, the CSA provides that the "Attorney General may deny, suspend, or revoke this registration if ... the physician's registration would be 'inconsistent with the public interest.