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My understanding is that doctor assisted suicide is legal under certain circumstances in California. My father watched his terminally ill friend pass this way, and apparently the person needs to be able to drink the poison themselves, which could be a problem for someone with a paralyzing disease like ALS. Whatever they gave him also didn't look particularly painless.

Even more important would be access to experimental/unapproved treatments for people with terminal illnesses. It's mind boggling that the government still outlaws dying people from trying new drugs to potentially save themselves and advance medicine because they might be dangerous.