Over ten years ago I witnessed a young (under 30) PA excitedly tell everyone within earshot that her parents had joined what was then known as the Hemlock Society. This was at a fundraiser for cancer research. Everyone within earshot was in their 40s and either a medical professional or related to one. Everyone reacted positively or was silent.
I was in my mid-50s at the time. Today, I find myself wondering if the living will envy the dead, if this comes to pass.
I always found it ironic that they even used the name “Hemlock Society.” They chose the name because hemlock was what Socrates took to die; however, Socrates was FORCED to take hemlock as a method of EXECUTION, it WAS NOT voluntary.