grteU.K. police say 88 people who bought sodium nitrite from Canadian websites have died
Britain’s National Crime Agency said it has identified 232 people in the U.K. who bought products from the websites in the two years until April, 88 of whom had died.
“at this early stage there are no confirmed links between the items purchased from the websites and cause of death in any of these cases.”
I mean, that’s a lot of people to have died by coincidence in under two years!
I mean, the product is being sold as a way to commit suicide, so it’s hardly surprising that many of the people who bought it are now dead.
Wait. What?? That’s wild.
Is it possible that this was purchased with the intention of using it as a sports supplement, but mistakenly the wrong “nitrate” was purchased? Nitric Oxide is used in sports, sodium nitrite is often used for curing meat!
But then again, if this stuff is being used for suicide, then I’m sure it’s easy to know whether those 88 dead people are linked.
No, it’s not a mistake.
Details are withheld in the news articles to avoid promoting suicide, but this link gives some useful context: beta.ctvnews.ca/local/toronto/…/1_6384721.html
'This is horrifying': How a pro-suicide forum encourages sodium nitrite use in Canada, U.K.
Although Mississauga man Kenneth Law currently faces criminal charges for allegedly selling sodium nitrite and other lethal supplies for the purpose of self-harm, one issue that remains unresolved is the manner through which many of Law’s alleged customers appear to have found him and his products: an active website where members encourage each other to commit suicide.
That makes my stomach turn.