Seriously though, the Canada euthanasia stories are fucked up.

It somehow does make sense though, that a socialized healthcare, that constantly seeks the cheaper alternatives (cause it's socialized) would try to push for assisted suicide as often as possible, since it's not that expensive to kill someone, and the state doesn't have to bury you either.

But in that case, how come something like this didn't develop before in the European countries that legalized assisted suicide?

@alyx One of the major differences is that, as far as I'm aware, Canada is the only one where doctors and nurses are allowed to suggest it or bring it up - in most countries, they're not allowed to talk about it unless the patient brings it up. Canada also has the loosest requirements to qualify for it in the world.
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I see. So making an analogy with drug laws, it's like the difference between:
legalizing drug use but not the selling of drugs, which is what other places do;
and the Canadian approach which is basically the Amsterdam of euthanasia.

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