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**Asphyxia kits may contain plastic bags with tie collars and gas canisters | **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 | **Canisters may contain inert gas to cause simple oxygen displacement asphyxia or a more metabolically or neuro/psychoactive gas such as nitrous oxide | ||
*Toxic ingestion kits | *Toxic ingestion kits | ||
**Ingestion of sodium nitrite causes [[Sodium nitrite toxicity]] | **Ingestion of sodium nitrite causes [[Sodium nitrite toxicity]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:54, 3 November 2025
Background
- A number of different "Suicide kits" are available for purchase online
- These kits contain a variety of agents meant to cause death
- Some may be purchased over the "Dark web" with explicit use labeling
- Some "suicide kits" are assembled from products marketed for other, legitimate purposes
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 metabolically or neuro/psychoactive gas such as nitrous oxide
- Toxic ingestion kits
- Ingestion of sodium nitrite causes Sodium nitrite toxicity
References
This page is intentionally left without references to any sources for purchase of these kits or any component materials