Linder v. United States, 268 U.S. 5 (1925) (No. 183)
Linder v. United States, 268 U.S. 5 (1925) (No. 183)
Case name: Linder v. United States Opinion filed: 1925-04-13 Docket No.: 183 Citations: • 268 U.S. 5 • 45 S. Ct. 446 • 69 L. Ed. 819 • 1925 U.S. LEXIS 545 Case holding summaries: • "direct control of medical practice in the states is beyond the power of the federal government" • holding that physicians could prescribe narcotics to assist addicts in withdrawal, reasoning that the governing statute “says nothing of ‘addicts’ and does not undertake to prescribe methods for their medical treatment. They are diseased and proper subjects for such treatment . . . .”
