Not going to lie…interested. Not for today obviously, but having survived heart issues requiring major surgery, and cancer, I have come to appreciate the option to be able to go on my own terms and before extensive suffering.
Just in case: International Suicide Hotlines.
Terry Pratchett made a very insightful documentary on euthanasia, including filming someone choosing to die at the Swiss dignitas foundation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett:_Choosing_to_Die
I had a friend who’s niece, an American, was able to travel to use these. It was a difficult path to research and get these services, as well as expensive, but it definitely helped them a lot.
Engineering geek here.
Curious why you would need a whole pod? Wouldn’t something small, like a scuba mask connected to a gas supply work?
Just a guess but I think not having any medical gear strapped to my face would feel more comfortable.
“I’ve always wanted to remove the role [and the] need for professional people to prescribe difficult drugs to use.”
You probably will still need a doctor to declare death and in case anything fails. The drugs are not difficult to use. You just take a pill to suppress vomiting and after an hour drink 100ml of liquid. If anything goes wrong the doctor will inject drugs while your still unconscious. Maybe some people would prefer the pod but for me it looks like a gimmick.
The article is weird - the title is what it is, but there’s barely anything inside of it that mentions anything about it being legal, except for a single sentence, with the rest of the article just saying how it works. Digging a bit deeper (by looking up the pod on a search engine lol), it doesn’t seem that the pod is actually approved or made legal or anything, but it was apparently supposed to be made open-source in 2019, in 2021 the creator only sought legal advice about the pod and after that - no more news. Maybe I missed something though.
tl;dr the article’s title might be misleading