Key legal question
Whether the federal and cantonal authorities were competent to order or review prescription-free delivery of sodium pentobarbital.
Extracted holding
The Federal Office of Public Health was not competent to order such delivery, but the Department's non-entry caused no legal harm; the federal and cantonal decisions were reviewable.
Extracted reasoning
Prescription and dispensing of the substance are governed by health and narcotics law; the federal authorities cannot bypass the statutory prescription system or direct pharmacists to dispense it.