Does the government still issue suicide pills to military pilots/spys/astronauts etc? If so who makes them? And does the FDA have to approve them?
I would say ‘probably’ to a few highly trained people doing really dangerous stuff.
And since it’s the government the FDA wouldn’t be involved. I’m sure they have stuff that can kill you quick they can hide in a false tooth, or a small ring. There’s stuff out there that you can rub on bare skin that hits the system in seconds. Some of that mixed with a poison would do ya in pretty quick.
D.
Well, according to Jim Lovell, the Apollo astronauts weren’t issued suicide pills—though he commented that, if worst came to worst, there was always the option of just opening a hatch. (I kinda doubt that one was in the manual, though.)
Russia has lots of those sorts of poisons, like the one used in that Ukranean election that almost killed the winner and left him scarred in the face.
Why would the FDA have to approve a suicide pill? To make sure it’s safe?
That was dioxin. That was actually the first time it had ever been used for such a purpose, which is why they didn’t know how much to give him to kill him. Hardly an effective method of suicide.
Yes, and the injectable kinds come with little alcohol swabs.
Well, you wouldn’t want to die and be sick.
As well as the 1-800 number for poison control.
The alcohol swabs actually help make the injection more effective, or so Cecil says.
Was this proven to have been the case? I seem to also remember the theory that it could have been a skin condition linked to a (IIRC) liver condition, in turn linked to drinking. Anyone know if this was finally settled?
It strikes me as odd that someone who would go through the trouble of trying to poison a major political figure in a country would use an ineffective poison when there’s so much fatal stuff out there.
If some Lobbyists have their way with Congress, all the HMOs will be offering them next year, in lieu of geriatrics. :mad:
The above is Satire. Bitter, saturnine Satire. But I wouldn’t put it past them.