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NSC urges more research into euthanasia for young adults (www.dutchnews.nl)
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In total, 456 people were given euthanasia for “unbearable mental suffering” between 2000 and 2023, of whom 52 were under the age of 30, according to government figures. Of those, 43 cases involved young women, the youngest of whom was 16 at the time.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

While I'm all for euthanasia for those suffering, how about first we pour every available resource into psychedelic assisted therapies. If at first these therapies fail (which they've proven helpful in large numbers of rape victims, soliders with ptsd etc) then we talk about assisted suicide. There is much more research to be done in the field of psychedelics. M.a.p.s. is doing incredible work however they are shot down every time they attempt to advance availabilities in the field