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Would you want to own Drion's Pill ?
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Drion's pill is a fictitious suicide pill. It was proposed by Huib Drion, a former Dutch Supreme Court judge and professor of civil law. He argued that people aged 75 or over, living alone, should have the choice of ending their lives in a humane manner. The pill was supposed to be a two-staged pill whereby firstly one pill was taken which would enable another pill to be taken a number of days after the first pill which would then be lethal, but would otherwise be non-lethal. The idea behind this is that a person could act on an impulse and a waiting period seemed sensible.
So far this has been only discussed as a theoretical proposition. No such pill exists in the Netherlands or anywhere else.



well?
Would you want to own Drion's Pill?
You may choose only one
How likely do you think your life would end by it, if you owned it?
You may choose only one


Votes accepted from 08/10/09 10:07 AM until the end of time
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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Asante]
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i think suicide should be legal.  our current legislation is all a bi-product of christian dogma.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Asante]
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I think it should be widely available in the United States, so that those who want to commit suicide have the option of contemplating who (and what harm) they are leaving in the wake of a rash decision.

Deaths would spike for awhile, but then suicide stats would be much better than this...


(And yes, I also agree with that, Geo).

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Geometry]
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i think suicide should be legal.



Isn't suicide legal where you live? I mean they won't assist in the act but won't throw you in jail if it fails I hope?


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Asante]
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My brother shot himself 5 years ago. We didn't get his life insurance money because of the legality. But we were still bound to pay off his student loans. That really sucked.

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Asante]
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Wiccan_Seeker said:
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i think suicide should be legal.



Isn't suicide legal where you live? I mean they won't assist in the act but won't throw you in jail if it fails I hope?


They throw you in a psych ward. Which is pretty much the same as jail.

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Gumby]
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Voluntary admissions in my state now have to follow the 30-90 day rule - same as involuntary. You used to be able to check yourself in and check out after you passed an eval.

They put a quick end to that...

















:rimshot:

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Gumby]
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I don't believe in suicide
if this pill WERE real
I think it should be limited for the individuals who suffer from incurable disease or as an alternative for those on deathrow


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Edited by visions (08/10/09 10:32 AM)

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: visions]
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I think it's a great idea, but not for just people over 75.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: highdroponics]
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Edited by Beanhead (07/08/15 08:37 AM)

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: highdroponics]
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highdroponics said:
I think it's a great idea, but not for just people over 75.


So this brings up an interesting point:  What restrictions (if any) should be placed on the practice, and why?

I'm not sure I agree with a blanket statement of legalized, and sanctioned suicide.


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Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: badchad]
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All suicide should be legal imo.

The world needs population control, why not let all the people who don't wanna live anymore kill themselves so there can be more space, food, water, and air to go around for the ones that actually want to live.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Beanhead]
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I would not want to own a death-pill. Just lookin' at it in my hand and knowing "this thing's only application is to end a life" ... nah thanks, man.

I mean, I'm not old as shit, so maybe in time my opinion might change, but right now I definitely wouldn't want it. And it's not like there aren't other ways to kill yourself.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Geometry]
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Geometry said:
i think suicide should be legal.  our current legislation is all a bi-product of christian dogma.


"Suicide" is as legal as something can possibly be, you can't punish someone who's dead. What you want is for suicide to be facilitated.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: laserpig]
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the only problem is that you would be giving a huge amount of people poisonous pills, some could be used for murder
in the wrong hands. There should be a system set up if you want to end your life though(preferably over a certain age, but who am I
to say)

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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: golden1]
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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: Beanhead]
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Beanhead said:
It should only be available for those who can not be helped anymore or the elderly which are suffering.

If some depressed teenager could get his hands on it, no. No that's not right.


Do you not think that people with depression are suffering?  Mental anguish far outweighs physical pain.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: blewmeanie]
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blewmeanie said:
Geometry said:
i think suicide should be legal.  our current legislation is all a bi-product of christian dogma.


"Suicide" is as legal as something can possibly be, you can't punish someone who's dead. What you want is for suicide to be facilitated.


Not true. Failed suicide will get you locked up and successful suicide will null any life insurance you have.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: LSDreamer]
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LSDreamer said:
successful suicide will null any life insurance you have.


Is that true? That's fucked up, man.


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Re: Would you want to own Drion's Pill ? [Re: LSDreamer]
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The point is a law that can't be enforced is meaningless. People who fail at killing themselves usually never intended to do so anyway.

When people talk about "legalizing suicide" what they're really talking about is facilitating suicide, as in doing it for them.


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