eHandbook Dec09 Update
Exitorial

At last the holiday season is here & Exit is winding
The December 09 update to the online Peaceful
up its Workshop program for 2009. Wow!
Pill eHandbook (to be published 31/12/09) provides
a number of significant updates including:
Our final challenge, the Nth American tour, was am-
bitious & risky, but we can now report success with
• Confirmed continued supply of Nembutal in
large crowds attending meetings in several cities &
Mexico towns
many new Exit members welcomed. Some of the
• Inert Gases & Face Masks
workshops were dogged by protests, this was per-
• Common myths about Morphine
haps to be expected given our first time visit.
Beginning this month, future updates to this book
The tour began successfully enough in Vancouver
will include the addition of FAQ sections to each
Canada. This was despite our original venue, the
chapter. The FAQs are intended to address com-
Vancouver Public Library, pulling out for fear of legal
mon myths about various end of life approaches
risk. It is with some irony that I can announce, as
and re-emphasise the importance of Exit’s unique
this newsletter goes to press, that the Vancouver
Reliability - Peacefulness Tests. For more informa-
Public Library has now ordered multiple copies of
tion visit www.peacefulpill.com.
the Peaceful Pill Handbook, requesting for urgent
shipping as Canadians demand end of life rights.
The North American visit also enabled me to meet
with Exit US presidents past & present, & discuss
with them the creation of a 2010 workplan for how
Exit will operate in the US & Canada. I will be mak-
ing announcements on this in the February edition
of Deliverance, when we will also publish the con-
firmed workshop dates for Australia. In 2010, Exit
also plans to visit the UK twice, something which will
be much easier when we have a US base.
* Wedding Bells *
Of concern this month, however, has been the in-
Exit staff are delighted to be able to con-
volvement of Exit staff, chapter coordinators &
gratulate Exit Director Dr Philip Nitschke
members with various police authorities in Australia.
and his partner of eight years, Dr Fiona
The raid on the Melbourne office was unfortunate,
as was the questioning of members in Sydney over
Stewart, on their recent marriage. The
the acquisition of end of life drugs, & members in
couple wedded in a secret ceremony in Canberra over the construction of gas-flow fittings.
Las Vegas on 17 November. Please join
As a result of this increasing level of police interest
us in wishing them the very best for their
& the possible infiltration of the Sydney chapter, all
continued future together.
Exit Chapters will be looking at a change in focus in
2010 to limit any unwanted police attention.
You will find enclosed with this edition of Deliver-
ance, Exit’s 2009 Annual Report. Each year Exit
publishes this record to summarise the activities of
the organisation throughout the past year. Each
year, as we look over the publication, we are qui-
etly impressed by the amount of activity generated
by our small organisation. For this Exit staff & our
many chapter coordinators & volunteers must take
credit. Exit’s existence is due to the hard work &
commitment of many people. I thank them all. If
you have feedback or thoughts stemming from the
Annual Report or wish to comment on Exit’s work,
please contact us by email, letter or phone.
Finally for this month, a word about my recent mar-
riage to Fiona. We have been working & living to-
gether for nearly eight years. In that time she has
become my best friend & most valuable colleague.
Right now, I’m feeling tremendously lucky!
Philip & Fiona
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