Washinton state publishes its first numbers on the now one year old DWD Act, started on March 5, 2009. 63 Terminally ill Washingtonians used the act in the first nine months to procure a prescription, only 36 actually died after ingestion. This was rfeported at a C&C Conference organised for the first birthday of the act.
An article elaborating on these facts appeared in the local SeattlePi.com. You can read it by clicking here.