Sunday, December 14, 2008

Death on TV reveals a Swiss haven for suicides (AP)

In this Dec. 5, 2008 photo is shown the veterinary drug sodium pentobarbital. Only Switzerland, in a law dating back to 1942, permits foreigners to come and kill themselves, placing few restrictions on the how, when and why. Doctors have relative freedom to prescribe a veterinary drug for that very purpose. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella)AP - Twice a week, on average, in a nondescript building by the railroad tracks, a foreigner comes to die.


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