![]() At closed workshops - open only to those who pay a fee of about $40, are older than 50 and of sound mind - Nitschke gets into the details. Nitschke has accompanied terminally ill patients on trips to buy it. The drug is, however, available in Mexican pet stores over the counter. Marilyn Monroe and others died from Nembutal overdoses. And veterinarians use it as an anaesthetic and to euthanize sick animals. It's not available over the counter in the United States anymore, but the FDA-approved human uses include treatment of seizures and as a short-term hypnotic. Nembutal was once commonly used to treat insomnia. He plans to sell the kits on the Internet for about $50. This, Nitschke argues, is information and not encouragement. "By the slow addition of the component in the third ampoule here, the amount needed to turn it back into a colorless liquid gives you an idea of what the strength of the Nembutal must have been in this bottle." He lifts a syringe out of the small plastic box adorned with the Exit International logo. ![]() "They'd probably go out and hang themselves. He says that without his information, most people wouldn't know how to gas themselves efficiently. "We tell them about how they can control the gas flow using a fitting that fits onto a cylinder of helium," Nitschke says just before his Brighton meeting. Nitschke also brought with him the "exit bag" and assorted paraphernalia used to demonstrate killing oneself with a plastic bag and helium. Using one of the kits, a potentially suicidal person can make sure that the drugs he or she plans to use are strong enough to kill. Encouraging suicide is illegal in Britain and most other places.īut Nitschke was allowed into Britain carrying drug-testing kits. Immigration officials eventually decided that Nitschke merely provides information about suicide and does not encourage people to take their own lives. Nitschke, 61, was detained last month at London's Heathrow Airport for 11 hours on his way to Brighton. Take the Quiz to Find Out Which Commandment You're Breaking Today He admits that he pushes the limits of biblical and civil law. Nitschke, a straight-talking Australian who studied at the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and Sydney University, has been investigated by police and hounded by protesters for years.
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