Suicide kits

Background

• A number of different "Suicide kits" are available for purchase online
• These kits contain a variety of agents meant to cause death

Known variants

• Asphyxiation
  • Asphyxia kits may contain plastic bags with tie collars and gas canisters
  • Canisters may contain inert gas to cause simple oxygen displacement asphyxia or a more active gas such as nitrous oxide
• Toxic ingestion kits
  • Ingestion of sodium nitrite causes Sodium nitrite toxicity