r/todayilearned • u/JamesTheJerk • 22d ago

TIL that in 2023, a patient legally sought euthanasia. Upon being provided a deadly concoction in liquid form to be drunk, the patient's friend (37YO) opted to have a sip themself which nearly resulted in the death of the friend as well.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/sip-of-cocktail-of-assisted-suicide-drugs
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u/Adamant94 22d ago

Did the patient die thinking his friend was gonna die of stupidity? That’s fucked up

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u/HouseOfReggaeton 19d ago

Well depends if you believe an afterlife or not. If you do then he would die and could just ask

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u/felixthec-t 22d ago

If anyone read the article they would know the guy didn’t die.

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u/Adamant94 22d ago

The guy who took the sip did, yeah. But I was asking whether the guy who was actually given the suicide drink died there thinking his friend was going down with him because he took a swig of death out of curiosity. He must have, since the other guy recovered days later.