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Old 08-17-2016, 05:41 AM
 
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Drug overdose is one hell of an uneffective method, and not painless at all.


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I disagree...it's quick and painless.

Who is this Preston and Maro you speak of?
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Old 08-17-2016, 05:59 AM
 
Location: Kingdom of pain, Southern Europe
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I disagree...it's quick and painless.

Who is this Preston and Maro you speak of?
You can disagree all you want, but you don't back it up with information. If there's a drug lethal enough to kill you within minutes, without suffering, it's probably really hard to gain access to it.
But the truth is, even if you purchase the nastiest drug from a street dealer, it'll be mixed with all sorts of things, making it a lot less effective. There's no way you can get your hands on pure cocaine, for example.

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TA Preston & R Mero, Observations concerning terminally ill patients who choose suicide, published within MP Battin & AG Lipman, Drug use in assisted suicide and euthanasia 1996. (Excerpts can be viewed free at isbn:1560248149 - Google Search).
Drugs are so ineffective, in fact, that your best bet is to mix them with other drugs to shock your system. And the result is, well, painful.
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Old 08-17-2016, 12:12 PM
 
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No one could say. The dead have yet to come back and give us brochure.
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Old 08-17-2016, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Southern Nevada
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Let's see... do I think it's better to be alive or dead?

All things considered, I'd rather be in Las Vegas. Preferably alive.
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Old 08-18-2016, 12:05 PM
 
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You can disagree all you want, but you don't back it up with information. If there's a drug lethal enough to kill you within minutes, without suffering, it's probably really hard to gain access to it.
But the truth is, even if you purchase the nastiest drug from a street dealer, it'll be mixed with all sorts of things, making it a lot less effective. There's no way you can get your hands on pure cocaine, for example.



Drugs are so ineffective, in fact, that your best bet is to mix them with other drugs to shock your system. And the result is, well, painful.
So say you...who also doesn't "back up with information".

Overall OP, I'd say that since we'll all die eventually, why not get as much joy out of the life we have now.

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Old 08-18-2016, 05:00 PM
 
Location: Kingdom of pain, Southern Europe
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So say you...who also doesn't "back up with information".
Uh, I quoted a paragraph from a research and provided a whole book for you to read after you asked who Preston and Mero, from said research, were. That's plenty of information backing up my statement.

Here's the book you very obviously missed, btw. Enjoy the read.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...TQDbkQ6AEIHjAA

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Old 08-18-2016, 05:30 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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I don't have to choose. I will have both.
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Old 08-19-2016, 11:35 AM
 
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Uh, I quoted a paragraph from a research and provided a whole book for you to read after you asked who Preston and Mero, from said research, were. That's plenty of information backing up my statement.

Here's the book you very obviously missed, btw. Enjoy the read.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...TQDbkQ6AEIHjAA
Where's the book!!! A link don't cut it....means nothing if I can't read the book does it?
Your info is from people who murder others under the guise of "assisting" them to die....euthanasia is just another name for murder...for any reason...it is what it is.
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Old 09-19-2016, 12:51 PM
 
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Probably dead or non-existent. No pain or suffering or stress or worry when dead. But as a living person with consciousness and a strong biological urge to continue living, it's hard for me to vote for non-existence as being optimal, but it probably is. I think the best option is to not be born in the first place. That way you would not have living and consciousness as your frame of reference. You would never know living or life, so you would be clueless about missing out on anything.
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Old 09-19-2016, 03:47 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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I disagree...it's quick and painless.

Who is this Preston and Maro you speak of?
I have read that the least painless way is drowning. Drugs are a poison that your body tries to get rid of to protect it self. It is said to be a painful way to die.

The best way though is to live a good long life, take care of this body that you have during that time, no smoking, eat lots of raw fruit and vegetables, meat sparingly, whole grains, lots of water and get plenty of sleep and exercise. Grow old and die in your sleep. Easiest and least painful way to die.
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