California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lewis v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty., 220 Cal.Rptr.3d 319, 3 Cal.5th 561, 397 P.3d 1011 (Cal. 2017):
The fact that the government regulates controlled substances does not eliminate patients' reasonable expectation of privacy. A pervasive regulatory scheme has less significance when the area being regulated is particularly sensitive. (Cf. Tucson Woman's Clinic v. Eden (9th Cir. 2004) 379 F.3d 531, 550 [closely regulated industry exception to the warrant requirement does not apply to abortion clinics, "where the expectation of privacy is heightened "].) Moreover, "it plainly would defeat the voters'
[220 Cal.Rptr.3d 335]
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