Hire someone to give self lethal injection to commit suicide. Has anyone ever heard of this or thought of this

Question

A friend of mine who seems quite depressed but also has an offbeat sense of humor has said this before ... that he'd like to pay someone to give him a lethal injection because he was too afraid to kill himself and wants to go peacefully.

He then says, I don't really mean it.... but he has a tendency to "joke around" about it more frequently when he's depressed.

Should I be concerned?

Would someone who really is NOT serious about suicide even THINK of this?

Answer 1

Dr. Kovorkian used to assist people in assisted suicide. So, it has happened. Your friend is going through depression. Try and help him through it. Suggest going to seek professional help.

Answer 2

It is called euthanasia. It is typically carried out with the request of a sick person. Search "DR Death Euthanasia"

People think about all sorts of things. Some people have particularly dark senses of humor.

Be more cautious than concerned at this stage. Make yourself available for him and be proactive if he outwardly cries out for help.

The key thing to look for are radical changes. Lingering dark depression, that isn't laughed off. Significant change in habits quitting work, giving stuff away, big high followed by big lows.

I think at one stage or another 50+ % of people have considered, joke about or spoken about suicide, more so out of grief or frustration than than serious consideration.

Answer 3

Better do some research or get a GOOD lawyer


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian


Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (born Pontiac, Michigan, May 29, 1928), is a controversial American pathologist. He is most noted for publicly championing a terminal patient's "right to die" and claims to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He is famous for his quote "dying is not a crime." Imprisoned in 1999, he was serving out a 10 to 25 year prison sentence for second-degree murder in the 1998 poisoning of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan. He was paroled early in December 2006, due in part to a terminal illness he was suffering from.[1]

Answer 4

Dr kavorkian sparked this line of questioning a long time ago. Many laws were enacted. Health care professionals will not on ethical/legal grounds, and should any amature it would not be assisted suicide but an accessory to murder. Your friend may entertain this idea but in reality I fail to see it happening. He should seek mental help though. Depression can be treated in many ways now. May be a simple chemical imbalance.

Answer 5

You need to advise someone about your friend. Tell your parents or a school consular or a pastor but let someone know about your friend. Your name doesn't have to be used at all but tell a professional. If you friend does commit suicide you will feel a big loss and feeling of guilt for not to mention his family..Step-up now and be the guy that saved the life of another. Please take this advice seriously.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is the name of a guy that assisted people in committing suicide. He did this over 130 times. I think he got out of prison last week because he has a life threatening medical condition.

Grab the link below and check it out.

http://www.finalexit.org/dr.k.html

Answer 6

I doubt it. He grow to be making plans his comeback excursion, and there grow to be a variety of of genuine pastime global about it. that would not sound like someone who's suicidal. Now, Dr. Conroy claims Jackson's death grow to be simply by an unintentional overdose that Jackson himself led to. notwithstanding regardless of if it truly is genuine, the overdose grow to be simply by a noticeably constrained drug which could in trouble-free words were obtained by using a health care professional. So regardless of if Dr. Conroy did not administer the injection himself, he's the single which exceeded Jackson the loaded syringe. in my opinion, i don't believe of that is involuntary manslaughter. it may well be like saying all drug sellers must be convicted of homicide each and every time one in all their customers OD's from drugs that the broking service bought. this does no longer advise i imagine Dr. Conroy is thoroughly innocuous. He obviously had a hand in Jackson's death, and may on the least be banned from coaching drugs for some thing else of his existence. regrettably it does advise that the state is going to ought to artwork flat out to teach that Jackson's death grow to be simply by direct movements of Dr. Conroy - movements that Jackson could no longer, and does no longer, take himself.

Answer 7

I think it is normal to think of suicide, I am studies would prove this out. However he is taking it a bit farther, I would worry about him if I were you. Maybe a good sit down and talk to him about it is what he needs to talk about and that is his feelings. Maybe professional help is called for, but I am not sure how you decide that.

Edit: I guess what I am saying is by telling you this he is asking for your help. So help him, not to suicide but help him some way to show why he is better off alive.

Answer 8

This guy tried to do that a while ago, and now it's illegal. I don't think it's right because there are other options. If your friend wants to commit suicide than you should get help. Tell someone like their parents or call a suicide helpline you can search for one on google probably. I would be concerned.

Answer 9

Yes; you should be concerned. Talk to him and see if you can get him to a counsilor. Joking about committing suicide is a HUGE sign that he might actually try it.

And Assisted Suicide is considered murder (at least in the US)...it's not legal.

Answer 10

does he say anything else related to killing himself? does he have a lot of pills around or a gun? sometimes when people are depressed, they think about it or wish someone would put them out of there misery. be supportive of him, let him tell you how he feels, and give him the number to the mental health hotline in his area. if he ever tells you he's going to hurt himself, call 911. his life is worth it., even if he gets mad at you.