I don't know much about the details of exactly how these assisted suicides are performed, but Ashcroft apparently felt that a lot of them could be eliminated by prohibiting the use of "scheduled" drugs. I am also relatively ignorant about the details concerning why some people need assistance with their suicides. Presumably, there exists some sort of coincidence involving profound physical incapacity, extreme discomfort, a hopeless prognosis and the desire to quit living.
I think so...but i thought most people in that condition probably had plenty of stuff they could either take too much of or quit taking altogether to hasten their demise....