June 2025 Snippet

Topic – ‘Does Nitrogen Hypoxia cause convulsions?’

With the spate of US nitrogen hypoxia executions, have come reports that a death by nitrogen hypoxia is a cruel and violent affair.

Yet the right to die movement has used inert gas (originally helium but more recently nitrogen) and a plastic bag for at least 20+ years. Eye-witnsses call these deaths peaceful and reliable.

In September 2024, the 3D-printed Sarco capsule employed the same science. Eye-witnesses to that death describe the passing as fast and peaceful.

How can these vastly differing eye-witness accounts be reconciled, given that all rely upon the same scientific approach?

Does nitrogen hypoxia cause convulsions?

The June Snippet dives deep into these questions of reliability, peacefulness and time taken.

If you cannot make the live event, the recording will be published in the August/ September 2025 update to the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook.

March 2025 Snippet

Topic – ‘Does Nembutal cause drowning?’

The March Online Snippet examined the type of death that Nembutal provides. Is the possibility of complications (inc. a long time to death, the experience of ‘subjective drowning’) from administering Nembutal the right to die movement’s ‘dirty little secret’ (as claimed by those opposed to DIY rational suicide), or is this a case of political ideology corrupting the science?

Is a Nembutal death truly peaceful?

Snippet recordings are published in due course as updates to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook.

About Exit Snippets

Snippets are mini online workshops hosted by Dr Philip Nitschke.

Snippets are exclusively for Exit Members & current Subscribers to the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook.

Recordings are published in due course in the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook.

• Fully Online
• Duration ~ 60 minutes inc. Q&A
• Photo ID may be required