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Quotation from Linder v. United States by Supreme Court of the United States
“The opinion cannot be accepted as authority for holding that a physician, who acts bona fide and according to fair medical standards, may never give an addict moderate amounts of drugs for self-administration in order to relieve conditions incident to addiction.”
Linder v. United States, Opinion of the Court (Justice McReynolds) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice McReynolds limits United States v. Behrman to its facts, an order for some three thousand doses.
Citation: "The opinion cannot be accepted as authority for holding that a physician, who acts bona fide and according to fair medical standards, may never give an addict moderate amounts of drugs for self-administration in order to relieve conditions incident to addiction." — Supreme Court of the United States, Linder v. United States, Opinion of the Court (Justice McReynolds) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id linder-v-united-states-q5)
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