A single solid pill for a peaceful death has been developed by Exit International.
The pill that is made from a stable inert form of the barbiturate Nembutal has been developed for long term storage and transport. To use the pill to achieve a peaceful death, the pill is altered into the soluble active drug and reconstituted as a small drink.
Speaking from Darwin, Australia, Exit Director Dr Philip Nitschke said that this development offered the possibility of storage of the best end of life drug for several decades, with reliable reconstitution possible at anytime.
“Previously, people could only obtain the drug in liquid form from overseas and this presented difficulties in transportation and storage. The developed “pill” is much smaller, weighs only 10gm and is easy to safely store and transport. Exit believes that ALL seniors of sound mind should have the option of a peaceful death at the time of THEIR choosing should this be their wish – this Exit Pill will go some way to ensuring this”
An activation kit with the chemicals for reconstitution and a test kit to check the strength of the resulting product are nearing completion and will be made available by Exit International by mail order in 2010.
Dr. Nitschke will be touring the west coast of Canada and America next week. (December 09)
Email: http://exitinternational.net/page/ContactUS
How will people in the US legally obtain the drug? Obviously, everyone who wants to use the Nembutal pill will not be able to go to Australia to become a patient of Dr. Nitschke. And will the drug be available to people like me who suffer from major depression? Mine is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain which has never in all my adult years been cured by psychotherapy and/or meds. I am not mentally ill, and completely competent.
By the way, I was wondering, since I’m a scuba diver, can’t I simply have my tank filled with helium or a mixture of inert gases and simply put my regulator in my mouth and breath in?
Four or five gulps of pure helium will kill anybody. But it must be pure inert gas.
I think it wiser to wait and see what Dr.Nitschke in Australia eventually comes up with next year.
It would certainly bring a great deeal of peace of mind to many sufferers to know for certain that they have, in hand, a foolproof , uncomplicated method of sucide.
so how may I find out where to purchase this new pill
The person who would know best the answer to this is Dr.Nitschke. Here’s his
web site http://exitinternational.net/page/ContactUS