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Gonzales v. Oregon 546 U.S. 243 (2006) was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which ruled that the United States Attorney General could not enforce the federal Controlled Substances Act against physicians who prescribed drugs in compliance with Oregon state law for the assisted suicide of the terminally ill. It was the first major case heard under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts.[citation needed]