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Why do so many people choose a painful death?

Media reporting has often been blamed for suicide fads. A rock star dies by barbiturate poisoning and others follow. Barbiturate poisoning was generally peaceful and is less common now only due to the difficulty of obtaining the drugs. But other … Continue reading

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A need for better laws, better information. Not backstreet paracetamol!

People don’t end their lives because of access to information. People don’t end their lives because of laws in Switzerland allowing them to. People end their lives by suicide because they have an overriding desire to end their suffering. In … Continue reading

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Murder not mercy – and a drugs myth

Edinburgh’s in the news with the story of a man who claims he had a suicide pact with his wheelchair-bound wife. He smothered her with a pillow. John Miller told neighbours that he and his wife, Phyllis, who had multiple … Continue reading

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