[Old_Grouch]

the actual moment of his death, the camera capturing Mr Smedley’s final cries for water, rasping breaths and involuntary convulsions,

I wonder why he was awake as he died. When dogs are euthanized, it is a totally peaceful process, they are already asleep when the final drugs are injected. They may lose body fluids but there is no suffering.

[pnh102]

I wonder why he was awake as he died. When dogs are euthanized, it is a totally peaceful process, they are already asleep when the final drugs are injected. They may lose body fluids but there is no suffering.

That's one thing I don't understand either. The "assisted" "suicide" crowd likes to frame this act in the same context as putting a pet to sleep. Like you said, this is a totally peaceful process. I'd also like to add that it is relatively quick.

This sounds like it was long, drawn out and painful.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Few of these suckers could shoot themselves up in a vein this way, I think, so they opt to go with something swallowed. From the grisly description it’s probably a dense solution of potassium chloride intended to induce enough hyperkalemia to stop the heart (like swallowing a brine of common salt, it would induce intense thirst) with perhaps some morphine or other opiate mixed in. I bet none of this is in any of their brochures!