[RJCogburn]

being in a state of dehydration during death is actually a blessing

As you said, plus it usually means the person is ketotic which is thought to reduce the perception of pain and suffering.

[KCmark]

So why not just give them a heavy morphine drip and spare them those few days of 'less agony'? They're going to die. Two days in a hospital bed is not going to make any difference except to the hospital bill. I don't want to be thirst to death, I want to OD on my own terms.

Of course, I can't find anywhere in the Constitution where it says I have the right to this action, and Catholics say suicide is very bad, so I guess I should get 'talibaned' out of my right to die with dignity.