Some people will be fortunate enough and some shall not, sadly. It's just how it is right now in the world, the majority does not accept it as an acceptable choice. We are the lucky ones who are informed, are not impulsive (for the most part), and have a support system in place. What exactly are you worried about as far as the government doing, taking our methods away? Sorry, a bit confused.
Oh yeah, I totally agree. This is all fictional (RIGHT, guys? It's fiction), but we would still have to keep in mind of laws and such. I didn't mention press but definitely that too. And with SN being so unknown still outside of this forum I agree that it would give it coverage, therefore making the laws more strict.
I mean in the past ten years it was way easier to just purchase cyanide online
Now it's hard as shit and you need to prove it's for industrial use
The swath of painkillers or other opioids which could easily be used for suicide but can be tough to get a prescription for
Nembutal, famously
Even the rat poison alpha-chloralose is pretty quick and humane, almost like a quick hypothermia apparently (as opposed to the agonizing death that would come about through the blood-thinner type rat poisons common in America) is only available in other countries
Plus obviously guns are banned in many Western countries, such as England or Australia
Train suicides are increasingly discouraged (not a great thing to do a train conductor but a lot of people have no recourse), bridges have suicide nets (seems like a scary way to end your life anyway), and it's hard to get to the rooftops of buildings
Well, this may have some unwanted consequences appearing in press. If most people use methods like SN, then it might be sold only if you have license.
As well as making the laws of possession more strict. It is okay when we are from different countries, but if we do that in the same place, it will attract too much attention. Only my assumptions, but I definitely do not want to reduce the amount of options for future generations.
On the other hand, I struggle whether I'm supposed to commit some agonizing method of death just so Sodium Nitrite isn't banned? Makes no sense
Maybe if someone in an even worse situation than me needed it but to be honest I'm not sure how much that would help
Banning suicide methods is plausibly okay in theory in some lights (not at all in my view) but gruesome in others