EuthaNEWSia (www.euthanewsia.ca)

On Thursday, November 12, Australian police conducted two raids connected with Exit International (EI): one on its office in Melbourne and one on the home of an EI member in Sydney. The Melbourne raid was described in Friday's EuthaNEWSia (see below.) It was carried out by Victorian police at the request of police from the northern state of Queensland, and was aimed at collecting documents and records concerning a man named Frank Ward.

The Sydney raid was by New South Wales police on a private residence of an elderly EI member. The police warrant stated that the police were looking for Nembutal and information on the drug's acquisition. In the subsequent search a small amount of this drug was allegedly found and confiscated, along with copies of the Exit newsletter and the Peaceful Pill Handbook. The Queensland police have denied any connection to this raid.

The Sydney raid is causing alarm at EI, as they think it reasonable to assume that the raid resulted from inside information about the EI member's activities — information which may have come from police infiltration of the Sydney chapter. As a result, all EI members have been sent an email advising them to ensure that any Nembutal in their possession is stored "in a secure and private location."

[Thanks to the Exit News and Forum Newsletter for this story.]

[Note: Some other recent stories related to this topic are in the Links: section below.]

To read the full article click on one of these links, both of which go to the same destination. A short link is provided for the convenience of readers. Also, readers may search and browse past advisories on the web (see bottom.)

McKenna, Michael. "Rush to hide suicide drugs". The Australian. November 14, 2009 12:00AM. <www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/rush-to-hide-suicide-drugs/story-e6frg6nf-1225797507158>. The Australian, 2 Holt Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010, Australia.

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The EuthaNEWSia ID for this advisory is: enid200911175978.
Mailed: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 13:50:18 -0600
at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

EuthaNEWSia is a free Canadian news advisory service covering end-of-life issues such as right to die, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. EuthaNEWSia is produced by the Right to Die Society of Canada which works toward a good death for all, including open, regulated and equitable access to euthanasia and assisted suicide. The editor is Michael Dawson <editor@euthanewsia.ca>.

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