Pubdate: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2001 San Jose Mercury News Contact: http://www.sjmercury.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390 Author: Art Scher ASHCROFT AND STATES' RIGHTS THE simplest work-around to Attorney General John Ashcroft's decree against assisted suicide is to have Oregon doctors prescribe nicotine overdoses. Ashcroft would never stand in the way of a person exercising free choice to kill him or herself with nicotine. Art Scher, Los Gatos - --- MAP posted-by: Derek