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Seven defendants will go on trial on Monday on accusations that they made a lethal combination of two medications available to people who expressed a desire to end their lives. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) alleged in December that the seven violated organized crime laws to acquire, sell or distribute the drug cocktail, known colloquially as Drug X or Middel X, for the purpose of making it easier for people to commit suicide.

Authorities in the Netherlands plan to move forward with the prosecution of seven people accused of working together to make a suicide drug known as Drug X or Middel X available to the Dutch public. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) believes the seven made it possible for people who discussed ending their lives to obtain the drug. Three others are no longer considered suspects in the case.

The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is going after another supplier of suicide powder, Drug X. The suspect is 76-year-old Tom de M. from Castricum, who allegedly sold Drug X through a website for years. He will be prosecuted for seven counts of assisted suicide and money laundering, the Volkskrant reports.

Second suicide powder suspect to appear in court

Public prosecutor investigates more “substance X” sellers