I'm glad I am not the only one here who doesn't think too highly of Nitschke; The main purpose behind PPeH and other 'suicide books' for me was to find out what stuff can actually kill someone and it does that, for example I know now that 12g of chloroquine can kill someone, but PPeH and the others have a whole range of problems behind them.
To start off, too much of these suicide guides go too in-depth on unnecessary information like the ethics of suicide or how these certain stuff kill you and what not. Literally no one gives a crap about this type of stuff, 99% of the guide's audiences want to know how to off yourself without feeling too much pain that's it, like 30-40% of the entire guide is nothing but philosophical or reddit-sciency crap when they should just use that space to add more guides; GHB is a good way to CTB but unless you looked SUPER hard you wouldn't know the ld50 of GHB nor would you know that you need to take xanax beforehand and even now I dont know the dosage of xanax to take or when to take it, they could've added a guide on using GHB/1,4 BDO (same thing really) instead of talking about the history of the word suicide or the super scientific explanation on how N kills you.
Another problem is too much of the information provided is outdated, this isn't an issue with PPeH but also Final exit and other guides. An example is the darvon chapter not being updated since the 2010's, evident by the fact that it says it's starting to become restricted/illegal/not so easy to get when in reality darvon is already fully restricted/illegal/not so easy to get in every first world country, and the SN chapter still having the same information as the 2019 edition, it doesnt even mention how SN has became super hard to get in the UK for exmple it still talks about SN "slowly" becoming harder to get which is also said in 2019.
In addition - these guides don't fully explain how these things kill, sure it gives you an explanation on how XYZ attaches to GABA receptors to do stuff but 95% of the readers dont even understand what that even means, just say "Oh this drug kills you via stopping oxygen to your heart, it supposedly feels like you're about to sneeze but cant..." so we can understand what these stuff do and make the decision for ourselves.
Furthermore, people already said this but Nitschke speaks very highly of himself and acts sort of like a 8 year old with a God complex. An example of this is when in the N chapter he talks about the time he went to some dying old guy's house to talk about euthanasia options and he talks about N for some time to which the old dying guy asks where he could get it to which Nitschke replies it's illegal and discusses other methods, if you know it's super illegal to get why would you even mention it in the first place?? especially to someone who probably doesnt have the knowledge to access online dark markets?
That isnt it, he the goes on to explain how this old guy's wife randomly told him about once having an affair with a vet (Wtf?) and how she could be able to get N from him and then she somehow did and the old guy never took the N and died via natural causes (So what was the point of getting it?). This story he told was not only extremely unnecessary (Why even mention the wife cheating on their spouse and why did you even keep this in all the yearly publications of PPeH?) but i'm 99% certain he made it up, first of all just because you sleep with someone doesnt mean you'll risk jail when they come 5+ years later asking for illegal substances, secondly the old guy and his wife were in the age of retirement so how would this vet she had an affair with even be working as a vet and even have access to vet barbiturates?
Another example is the Sarco pod. First of all it provides such an easy means for pro-lifers to trash you and the assisted-suicide movement as a whole since it's such an egotistical, unnerving way to die and it even reminds me of the WEC "You'll own nothing and be happy" meme floating around back in 2021 which isnt a good thing. He claims you can 3d print it which to him somehow makes it easily buildable and not require too much resources, first of all the Sarco pod kills via liquid nitrogen so the pod still requires the production of nitrogen and also tubing to pump the nitrogen into the pod. I fail to see how this pod idea of his is better than (at the very least) simply allowing Pentobarbital to be prescribed to people with certain conditions whether it's a terminal illness and/or mental illness or whatever so they can take it in the comforts of their own home.
I don't have a problem with him stating on their website that the PPeH is only for people above 50, he might think that suicide that should be considered when you're in extreme physical pain and/or already going to die regardless instead of just when you want to (I might disagree with this but it's his opinion). Also he might not want to get into legal trouble for the death of a kid since there's a lot of stupid parents out there.
edit: Also forgot to mention the stupid stuff mentioned like the korean spy suicide method, it is so stupid I am surprised it's coming out a pro-assisted suicide's guide instead of the mouth of a stupid pro-lifer talking about how 'easy' suicide is.
edit 2: Also forgot Nitschke is a doctor so he should've know how stupid the korean spy method is, I am very stupid, very apparent from how I written this entire message, and even I know using your fingers compress your carotid arteries will, at best, only make you black out and make you just wake up with a headache.
edit 3: I also will give credit where credit's due, I support the exit international scam exposing website. He should at-least put the link to the scam-exposing website on the PPeH since a lot of people are worried on whether or not a specific vendor they're planning on buying from is a scamming them or nnott
