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[acroyear]

The conservative lie of "states rights" is pretty darn clear if you look at who dissented in the Oregon Suicide Law case at the Supreme Court today...

States seem to only have rights as long as they are doing things that make the majority federal government happy.  If the feds don't like it, the feds rule?

Is that how it was supposed to be?

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[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

A key point of the dissent is that the federal law controls (and has for decades) the allowable uses of medication.

I don't think that's true. I believe the FDA regulates what drug companies do, not doctors. A drug company must show that a drug is safe and effective. It must also be what it claims to be -- no misbranding. But this is really part of interstate commerce, not medicine, if you think about it.

As for how doctors use the medicine, that state-controlled, not FDA. That's in agreement with the current (and past) rulings.