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February 21, 2021
Exit Podcast No 19 – The USA Lethal Mixtures
Since the scarcity of Nembutal – the best end of life drug – in the US due to both its prohibitive price and the refusal of EU drug manufacturers to sell the drug in that country (because of objections to its use in capital punishment), other alternatives have needed to be examined by doctors working …
February 21, 2021
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die
Katie Engelhart, New York Times
Ms. Engelhart is a freelance journalist who has reported extensively on aging. She is the author of the forthcoming book “The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die.” This extract is based on her research work.
‘We Are Going to Keep You Safe, Even if It Kills Your Spirit’
For the millions of Americans living …
February 20, 2021
Canadians vote for assistance in dying
OTTAWA — Canadians vote for assistance in dying
Canadians expand assistance in dying in their Senate with Senators passing a revised version of Bill C-7 was passed in the Senate by a vote of 66-19, with three abstentions according to the Huffington Post.
The bill is intended to extend eligibility for assisted dying to …
February 15, 2021
Feb 2021 Update – The USA Lethal Mixtures
The Feb 2021 Update – The USA Lethal Mixtures in the Peaceful Pill Handbook follows the developments on which drugs work and how, and in which combinations. This work has been undertaken because the foremost assisted dying drug – Nembutal – has a price tag that puts it out of reach of the ordinary person.…
January 30, 2021
Portugal Votes to Legalise Euthanasia
Portugal’s parliament voted on Friday to legalise euthanasia, setting the country up to become the seventh in the world to allow terminally ill patients to seek assistance from a doctor to end their life according to France 24.
“With this vote, parliament added dignity to our democracy,” Left Bloc lawmaker Jose Manuel Pureza said, …
January 25, 2021
Doxit No 18 – Premedication & Potentiation
In this week’s Doxit Podcast we discuss the January 2021 update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook which focuses on the two issues of premedication and potentiation and the role both play in a peaceful and reliable death.
Potentiation of lethal drugs is relevant if one has old drugs or substances or if they are …
January 17, 2021
Jan 2021 Update – Drugs Premedication & Potentiation
The Jan 2021 Update – Drugs Premedication & Potentiation update is essential reading if one has drugs that are old, of dubious quality or in insufficient quantities.
To die peacefully and reliably is harder than it sounds.
Having decided on the method of choice one then needs to obtain the necessary drugs or equipment. This …
January 4, 2021
Doxit No 17 – 2020 Looking Forward/ Looking Back
The year that was thanks to COVID-19 but it was not all bad news. Exit’s Doxit Podcast ‘Looking Back Looking Forward’ reflects on the good and the bad to come out of the pandemic experience. For example, like so many organisations around the world, Exit moved our core operations online. Face to face workshops were …
December 14, 2020
Mental Illness & End of Life Choice Blog
Before he died in 2017, 27-year old Canadian Adam Maier-Clayton advocated for a change in Canadian law to allow mentally ill people like him to be able to die with their family by their sides.
Canadian legislators never took him seriously so after consulting extensively over many months with Exit and acquiring his Nembutal online, …
December 13, 2020
Doxit Podcast No 16 – Australian/ NZ Legal Wave of Change
From 25 years ago when voluntary euthanasia for the terminally ill was so controversial that the Federal Government of Australia used a hitherto unknown section of the Australian Constitution (s122) to overturn the Northern Territory’s Rights of the Terminally Ill Act to today when politicians can’t act fast enough getting behind assisted dying laws as …
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