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March 2, 2020
Corona Virus & Exit
All forthcoming Exit workshops and meetings have been cancelled. However, it is hoped that all meetings will go ahead later in the year. Registrations remain open. It would be helpful to Exit for everyone to register as soon as possible so numbers can be gauged and larger venues booked according to demand. Register – Paris […]
February 28, 2020
Books for Self-Isolators …
Many of us are now in self-isolation for an extended period of time. If you are like the Exit team, then you may well be wondering what to read. Here are some suggestions. Philip’s highly-entertaining biography (Melbourne University Press) titled Damned If I Do written with the late Peter Corris. And Killing Me Softly: Voluntary […]
January 15, 2020
January 2021 Update – Now Available
The January update is essential reading if one has drugs that are old, of dubious quality or in insufficient quantities. ‘Potentiation Drugs’ create the all-important ‘cardiac switch’ ensuring a peaceful and reliable passing in one’s sleep. The discussion of premedication offers insights into how risks can be minimized and errors avoided. Also included in the […]
October 5, 2019
New assisted suicide organisation emerges after split
A new assisted suicide organisation emerges after split following a dispute with assisted suicide activist Erika Preisig, her brother has founded his own assisted suicide organisation reports 20 Minuten. The new association intends to operate with lean structures and forego public relations: the powder pentobarbital is used in assisted suicide. The fifth assisted suicide organisation […]
September 2, 2019
London Brexit Workshop – Sunday 27 October
Exit will be holding its final Pre-Brexit workshop on Sunday 27 October 2019. Depending on the outcome of Brexit, this may be the final workshop for sometime in London. Workshop Details are on the Exit Website Workshops page. Venue: Dragon Hall, 17 Stukeley St, WC2B 5LT (Holborn) Date: Sunday 27 October, 2019 Time: 2 – […]
July 15, 2019
The world’s leading euthanasia advocate designs a “death pod”
Philip Nitschke’s “Sarco” shines a harsh light on everything screwed up about our cultural attitude toward death. The industrialized West doesn’t know how to deal with death. Culturally, we only seem capable of engaging with the end of a human being’s life in one way: as a problem. That problem can be “solved” by medicalizing […]
July 1, 2019
Vice Studios New Documentary on Exit International: Time to Die
Congratulations to Vice & Time to Die Directors Yonni Usiskin & Matt Shea for winning Best Film at Fragments Film Festival 2019, London. Filmed over 5 years in the Netherlands, Australia, the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, VICE Studio’s long-awaited documentary about Exit International, is ‘Time to Die’. ‘Time To Die’ follows four people, […]
June 19, 2019
Assisted dying: Victorian scheme receives 100 inquiries as laws come into effect
The Guardian, Luke Henriques-Gomes
It took a conscience vote and a marathon parliamentary debate lasting about 100 hours. Now, a year and a half after Victoria passed historic legislation to allow for assisted dying, the laws will come into effect this week. From Wednesday, those suffering from a terminal illness will be able to ask their doctor for lethal […]
June 19, 2019
Euthanasia now Legal in Australian State (Victoria)
Melbourne (AFP) – Terminally ill Australians can for the first time apply to end their own life, after new laws went into effect in the state of Victoria Wednesday. The country’s second most populous region made voluntary euthanasia legal under closely specified circumstances, a first for the country. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews — who supported […]
June 1, 2019
Sydney Salts Workshop – 9am Monday 19 Aug 2019
Due to popular demand, Exit has scheduled an extra Sydney workshop on Monday 19 August 2019. This workshop will focus on the Inorganic Salts, including testing, potentiating & storage. The workshop will be held as follows: WHERE: Rex Centre, Macleay St, Potts Point WHEN: 9am – 12 noon, Monday 19 August 2019 Register Online Inquiries: […]