Word: dying
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...heroin, which many police and officials ignore. Last year Transparency International ranked Afghanistan 172 out of 180 countries surveyed for its Corruption Perceptions Index. "Corruption is the tree," says Parliamentarian Hossein Balkhi. "Terrorism, destabilization, smuggling and poppy are its branches; if you cut down corruption, the rest will die...
...whale meat to the Japanese public (there has been an international moratorium on whaling in place since 1986, but scientific research is exempt). Whaling is inherently inhumane, and these mighty creatures take an average of five to 30 minutes to slowly bleed to death, while others escape wounded to die at the ocean’s bottom...
...other doctors had been recommending, Béal recalls Sébire explaining to him that "drugs are chemicals, chemicals are poison, and I won't make matters worse by poisoning myself." In the end, however, Sébire's stringent views were entirely reversed upon her deciding to die...
...years she refused the medical community's help to master her disease, and later to limit its evolution and pain," Béal notes. "Then, towards the end, she demanded the medical community help her die using the same sort of medicine she'd rejected as treatment...
...Polls taken two weeks before Sébire's suicide (which is being investigated for possible third-party assistance) showed a significant backing for the legalizing of euthanasia for terminal patients. Sébire's public struggle for the right to die doubtlessly played a big part in this figure of 87%. But it's legitimate to wonder whether her appeal would have received such support had reports fully brought to light Sébire's rejection of surgery -or the use of medication to bring on its advance...