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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Yes, it does. People addicted to drugs have mental issues: addiction. That will warp their judgement. Medically-assisted dying is something that needs to be legal. But the doctors involved need to be sure that the dying properly consents and that is going to be MUCH harder when they have to judge it through a lens of addition.

To me this reads just shy of saying medically assisted dying is now legal for people with mental health issues. Which would 100% be compared to what the Nazis did to the mentally and physically disabled.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    The Nazis didn’t give those (or many people) a choice; it was forced upon them. This isn’t comparable at all.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If your choice is no treatment vs suicide, that's not really a choice, either.

    Also you can't really give someone a choice in life vs death when their mental state is unstable.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Treatment is an option. And people are evaluated before being allowed to end their lives this way.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ideally. But if that's the case, why limit it to people with drug addictions? Why limit it to the vulnerable and mentally impaired? Drug addicts aren't usually terminal patients. What if this was applied but only to overweight people? Or smokers? Or the poor?

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