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July 18, 2023

Dutchman Sentenced to 3 Years over Middel X Supply

Dutchman Sentenced to 3 Years over Middel X Supply

A Dutchman known as ‘Alex S’ has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for supplying suicide drug Middel X reports Algemeen Dagblad.

The court in Den Bosch sentenced Alex S. today to 3.5 years in prison, of which 1.5 years is suspended for, …


July 15, 2023

2023 Print PPH Essentials – Now Available

The print 2023 edition of the Peaceful Pill Handbook Essentials is now shipping.

The updated 2023 edition contains the following updates:

  • Sedative Drugs Changes (August 2022)
  • Swiss Changes (November 2022)
  • Lab Testing of Nembutal (January 2023)
  • Salts Update (February 2023)
  • Reclassification of Benzos (March 2023)
  • News from Sth America (May 2023)
  • DeBreather Update (June 2023)

June 25, 2023

Spend a day in a hospice and watch what dying’s really like

Spend a day in a hospice and watch what dying’s really like, then tell me that terminally ill people like me don’t deserve a better end, writes CHARLOTTE RAVEN in The Observer.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England has announced that it is to drop its opposition to assisted dying, following a survey …


June 4, 2023

Sarco Pod Promises a Humane Death within 5 to 10 Minutes

The Sarco Pod Sarco Pod Promises a Humane Death within 5 to 10 Minutes reports De Volkskrant.

The Sarco is viewed intently at the anniversary celebration of the Dutch Society for a Voluntary End of Life. Image Guus Dubbelman / de Volkskrant.

Without hesitation, he stretches out on the black cushions of the Sarco …


May 20, 2023

Alabama’s Latest Steps to Use Nitrogen Hypoxia

The Verdict, Austin Sarat

Alabama’s Latest Steps to Use Nitrogen Hypoxia Recapitulate the Failed Promise of Humane Execution reports the journal, The Verdict.

On February 15, John Hamm, Commissioner of Alabama’s Department of Corrections, told the Associated Press that the state was “close” to completing the protocol needed to carry out executions by nitrogen hypoxia.

Since the …


April 30, 2023

Netherlands expands euthanasia laws to terminally ill children

MSN by Andrew Miller

Netherlands expands euthanasia laws to terminally ill children according to MSN News.

The Netherlands is set to expand its euthanasia regulations to include assisting in the death of children ages 1 to 12 years old.

“The current Scheme for Termination of Pregnancy and Termination of Life for Newborns (LZA/LP) will be amended and expanded to …


April 2, 2023

Film Explores Life of Paralympian

The Guardian that a new Film explores life of Paralympian who chose the moment of her death.

Marieke Vervoort died aged 40 on Tuesday 22 October 2019 about 8.15pm. She was at her home in Diest in north-eastern Belgium, her parents and loved ones at her bedside, following a small party with friends.

It all …


March 16, 2023

Euthanasia Advocates Blast Territory Labor Government over Inaction

Euthanasia Advocates Blast Territory Labor Government over Inaction

ABC News reports that ‘The Territory Labor government says its legislative schedule is too busy to go to a vote in this term High-profile advocate.’

Philip Nitschke says the Fyles government is ‘dragging the chain’.

Once a world leader on voluntary assisted dying, advocates say the Northern …


March 7, 2023

Rising support for euthanasia marks UK as socially liberal

The Independent reports ‘rising support for euthanasia marks UK as socially liberal according to a new study.

Increased support for issues such as euthanasia and divorce mark the UK as one of the most socially liberal countries, in what must be a set-back for anti-choice campaigners.

Data from the Policy Institute at King’s College …


February 22, 2023

Texas Lawyers Violated Legal Ethics Over Expired Execution Drugs

The Texas Observer, Stephen Cooper

Texas Lawyers Violated Legal Ethics Over Expired Execution Drugs earlier this month according to human rights advocates, legal experts, and other conscientious citizens who had their eyes squarely fixed on Texas as it was primed to execute Robert Fratta on January 15 according to the Texas Observer.

In the process of exterminating Fratta, …