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Suicide warning signs include both actions and spoken words of hopelessness, intense anger, or unexplained late happiness, which can reveal an ominous pattern. However, some signs might seem too subtle to an untrained observer who has only limited contact with the person, such as changes in clothing or withdrawing from friends or prior interests.
Terminal dehydration is dehydration to the point of death. Some scholars make a distinction between "terminal dehydration" and "termination by dehydration". [1] Courts in the United States [2] generally do not recognize prisoners as having a right to die by voluntary dehydration, since they view it as suicide. [2] [3]
Experts say smoking or vaping cannabis can impair drivers for at least four hours after their last puff. ... around four hours, Pearlson says that edibles take twice that amount of time — or ...
Critics have described the device as "just a glorified gas chamber", and others have raised concerns that it is glamourising suicide, [11] and could lead to "suicide contagions" that inspire additional deaths. [12] In 2024, right to die organisation "The Last Resort" announced the Sarco pod would be used in Switzerland for the first time.
[5] [17] Forensic death investigations of cause and manner of death may be very difficult when people die by suicide in this manner, provided the apparatus (such as the bag, tank, or tube) is removed by someone after death. [4] [17] Petechiae, which are often considered a marker of asphyxia, are present in only a small minority of cases (3%). [40]
He came to Switzerland for its laws that have made assisted suicide legal since the 1940s, a legal curiosity that has made the country what some call a "death tourism" magnet.
Ingesting cannabis may produce effects that last longer and can be more intense than inhaling cannabis. [2] [3] Different edible formats of cannabinoids may affect the rate of cannabinoid digestion and metabolism, which vary among people. [2] [23] [24] Generally, edible cannabis products are digested more slowly than occurs for aerosol products ...
Terminal lucidity is a narrower term than the phenomenon paradoxical lucidity where return of mental clarity can occur anytime (not just before death). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] However, as of 2025 [update] , terminal lucidity is not considered a medical term and there is no official consensus on the identifying characteristics.