X-Message-Number: 12396 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:39:39 -0700 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: A Quest for Physician Assisted Suicide in Canada Earlier today I listened to a radio interview with Jim Weekford (I did not hear that name very well and it may have it completely wrong), an AIDS sufferer, who launched a challenge based on the Canadian constitution to win the right to physician assisted suicide. Mr. Weekford had some previous success in such matters, when he launched a similar constitutional challenge in 1998 and was awarded the right to use Marihuana for his own medical purposes earlier this year. However this did not include an exemption for his suppliers. Mr. Weekford stated in this interview, that suicide was legal in Canada, but that several of his friends and acquaintances have botched their attempts for lack of knowledge and as a result suffered needlessly. Best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12396