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Not legislating for assisted dying creates a vacuum for bad actors to take advantage of other people’s misery and pain
Man, 74, arrested for selling suicide powder to hundreds of people
According to Dutch legislation, doctors can only help patients die if they make a "voluntary and well-considered request" in the context of "unbearable pain with no chance of improvement, or other solution."
Suicide powder seller may have had a role in 33 deaths, public prosecutor says
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch authorities are investigating 33 suspected deaths of people who bought a "suicide powder" from a member of a right-to-die group in the Netherlands, prosecutors said on Wednesday.