Historical Marker

Civic Auditorium

Historical marker location:
323 East 4th Street, The Dalles, Oregon
( Marker is on East 4th Street near Federal Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Oregon was the first state in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide. In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which allows terminally ill patients to obtain a prescription for a lethal dose of medication to end their lives.