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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
If we remove the professional gating of assisted suicide, and we remove the stigma around suicide, and we make it easier and more comfortable to carry out, I expect we’ll see dramatically higher suicide rates. Some of them will be people who were so miserable that death was a relief. But others will be people suffering from temporary despair.
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On the other hand, if you remove the stigma of suicide, you might also remove the stigma surrounding suicidal ideation. I'd like to think that most people who were considering this would talk to their loved ones about it ahead of time and, as such, it might be a good way for loved ones to offer more assistance before it's too late.
Of course you'd also get the sociopaths who'd use these things for manipulative purposes, but those types already use the threat of suicide for those reasons.
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Furthermore, it will be an indictment of our society as a whole, and the decreasing sense of purpose, belonging, and happiness.
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I'm not sure which golden age of belonging, purpose, and happiness you're comparing the current era to. Suicide rates have been relatively stable in Canada for the past two decades, and lower than they were in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.