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March 15, 2021
March 2021 PPeH Update
The March 2021 PPeH Update focuses on a New Gases Chapter (available 28 March) Peaceful Pill eHandbook where discussion has been expanded to include the examination of the new coronavirus protection helmets.
As highlighted in the recent Email Newsletter, Exit has also launched a Citizen Science Initiative in an effort to harness the smarts within …
March 7, 2021
Exit Citizens Science Initiative
In early 2021, Exit International launched a new Exit Citizens Science Initiative aimed at pooling the talent and creativity that exists within the Exit community in order to overcome the problem of the plastic Exit Bag.
For many, many years Exit bags have constituted an important means of achieving a peaceful and reliable death by …
March 7, 2021
The First Place in the World
Very Brief History
On 1 July 1995, the Northern Territory of the Australia became the first place in the world to pass an assisted dying law.
The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (ROTI) was that law.
On 1 July 1996, the full implementation of the law occurred.
On 22 September 1996, the law was …
March 1, 2021
Exit Dying with Dignity Snippets
Exit Dying with Dignity Snippets is a new program of online workshops that was launched by Exit International in February 2021.
- Mini, Online Workshops hosted by Dr Philip Nitschke
- Snippets are exclusively for Exit Members & PPeH Subscribers
- Different topic each month
- Topics are based on updates to The Peaceful Pill eHandbook
Need to Know…
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 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 …
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, …
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