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On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
So if I am somebody at risk for this challenge of my throat closing down and I am unable to breathe, then I would suffocate, can I legally acquire a little amount of the drug and put it into a syringe and inject myself?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions the legality of self-administering epinephrine.

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