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California End of Life Option Act is a law enacted in June 2016 by the California State Legislature which allows terminally ill adult residents in the state of California to access medical aid in dying by self-administering lethal drugs, provided specific circumstances are met. [1]
Drug-related suicides in California (46 P) Pages in category "Drug-related deaths in California" The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total.
Lithium toxicity can occur due to excessive intake or decreased excretion. [1] Excessive intake may be either a suicide attempt or accidental. [ 1 ] Decreased excretion may occur as a result of dehydration such as from vomiting or diarrhea , a low sodium diet , or from kidney problems . [ 1 ]
Verne Troyer’s death has been ruled as a suicide, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner announced Wednesday.. Troyer, 49, died April 21 at a Van Nuys, Calif., hospital ...
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If death occurs this is typically due to a lack of breathing. [3] Barbiturate overdose may occur by accident or purposefully in an attempt to cause death. [3] The toxic effects are additive to those of alcohol and benzodiazepines. [3] The lethal dose varies with a person's tolerance and how the drug is taken. [3]
Drug intoxication is suspected in the death of a 32-year-old festivalgoer at Burning Man, where some 70,000 attendees were trapped in the remote Black Rock Desert in Nevada over the weekend due to ...
In a Swedish retrospective study of deaths of 1987, in 159 of 1587 autopsy cases benzodiazepines were found. In 44 of these cases the cause of death was natural causes or unclear. The remaining 115 deaths were due to accidents (N = 16), suicide (N = 60), drug addiction (N = 29) or alcoholism (N = 10). In a comparison of suicides and natural ...