The hardest question is if mentally ill patients should be able to die on their own terms with or without a doctor's help (Minton-Beddoes). It is the hardest because the person's state of mind can change. Mentally ill patients should have the ability to die on their own terms too. Mentally ill patients are in just as much pain as physically ill patients, they should be allowed to do the same (Minton-Beddoes). Yes, the mentally ill patients state of mind changes, but that does not change the fact that they were in pain at one point in time, and probably still are (Minton-Beddoes). They may just not know how to express that they are indeed in pain. Mental pain is just as strong and real as physical pain, even though it is harder to see (Minton-Beddoes). …show more content…
In Australia and New Zealand, illegal drugs are being smuggled in from Mexico, these illegal drugs are being used to make pills (Fast Facts). These pills are deadly, they are made for the sole purpose of suicide. People in Australia and New Zealand are taught how to make their own suicide pills (Fast Facts). Terminally ill patients have to go and buy illegal drugs if they are ready to die. They have to go to an unsafe source and take unsafe drugs. This could all be avoided if countries legalized assisted suicide or just for terminally ill patients to have the right to get medicine to die (BBC). Take marijuana, for example, it was illegal for the longest time, but people still found a way to get it. People could get arrested for having marijuana on them, still can today. Now laws have been passed where marijuana is now legal in some states, and in others where someone has to have a card. Marijuana is used to help cancer patients with their pain. Legalizing assisted suicide would be the same. It would allow for someone to take their pain away. It is the same concept as legalizing marijuana, the law is allowing for someone to make a decision to change their life along with the people around