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New March 2026 Update
This month, Exit is pleased to bring readers a new Peaceful Pill eHandbook update that provides important new information on Sedative Drugs.
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This Chapter now includes discussion of:
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- Why doctors use opioids in Terminal Sedation, including in VSED
- Myths about why opioids are considered 'the best' end of life drugs
- Opioid Antidotes
- Dangers of Sensitivity & Tolerance
- New Synthetic Opioids & the Role AI
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LogIn - Peaceful Pill eHandbook
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Age restrictions apply. Photo ID is required.
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Register Now
The Merry Month of May is shaping up as one full of activity at Exit as we add a second workshop to the schedule.
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Exit Live Workshops will now be held in both Melbourne, Australia AND in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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11am, Wednesday 20 May, Toorak Library, 340 Toorak Rd, Sth Yarra
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11am, Sunday 31 May, OBA Library, Oosterdokskade 143, 1011DL Amsterdam
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Registrations are now open for both Workshops.
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Risks of Excessive Psychiatrisation
of Rational Elderly?
An interesting and important article has appeared this week in Diesseits (in English 'This Side') from the German Humanists.
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Author, Gita Neumann, writes:
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It is this aspect of Nitschke’s message that is attracting interest in Germany: rational individuals who wish to commit suicide, especially those of retirement age, should have easy and affordable access to assisted suicide options, and they should be able to do so ‘autonomously’, i.e. without the involvement of euthanasia organisations or doctors who work exclusively for these organisations and are unknown to the public.
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In the context of the 2020 German Constitutional Court ruling she concludes:
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With excessive ‘psychiatrisation’ … members of the Bundestag [German Parliament] would be placing insurmountable hurdles in the way of a predominantly large group of people who have made a considered, independent and lasting decision – and thus unconstitutionally torpedoing the exercise of their personal rights.
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This article is well worth a read.
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In 2020, the Germany Constitutional Court de-criminalised assisted suicide. The Court held that the right to take your own life and, therefore, the right to ask for help to die, are universal rights of personality (ie. human rights).
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Germany is now figuring out if and how to restrict the boundaries of this far-reaching declaration.
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Neumann’s article is an important contribution to the discussion of the right to self determination of rational, elderly adults.
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Read in English on the Peaceful Pill Handbook website
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Slow Progress on Law Reform
This week the States Assembly of the Crown Dependency of Jersey (one of the Channel Islands) passed an assisted dying law to allow terminally ill adults to receive a lethal injection.
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The bill will not become law until it receives ‘royal assent’.
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Eleven months ago the Isle of Man passed a similar law. That jurisdiction is still waiting for its royal assent, prompting the Lord Chancellor to be questioned over this extraordinary delay.
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On Friday 27 February, the UK Ministry of Justice issued a statement saying that they 'need to ensure that the UK properly fulfils its constitutional responsibilities’ (whatever that means).
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The average time between a bill being passed and royal assent being issued is 2 months. The longest period has been 4 years.
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Like all bills on assisted dying, Jersey’s new law will be tightly safeguarded.
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How it will operate and the qualifying criteria will be examined in Exit’s forthcoming book on Laws Around the World and why Switzerland is still the best (if not most expensive) place to get help to die.
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Read more on the Exit Website
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