Making suicide more inconvenient is certainly an effective goal. Gas ovens and over the counter pain killer restrictions was time-series consistent with an over 50% reduction in the suicide rate (its a compelling graph but not publicly available—UK government back-waters).
The issue is though, how do you make it really annoying to kill yourself from pesticides without getting rid of the benefits of pesticides?
There are many pesticides that are cheap and effective AND non-toxic. Thus, simply banning the toxic pesticides is the solution. It doesn’t affect crop yields.
FYI, gas ovens are no longer effective ways to kill yourself. Gas costs less and is much lower greenhouse gas emissions than electric resistance, though there are concerns with indoor air quality.
Making suicide more inconvenient is certainly an effective goal. Gas ovens and over the counter pain killer restrictions was time-series consistent with an over 50% reduction in the suicide rate (its a compelling graph but not publicly available—UK government back-waters).
The issue is though, how do you make it really annoying to kill yourself from pesticides without getting rid of the benefits of pesticides?
There are many pesticides that are cheap and effective AND non-toxic. Thus, simply banning the toxic pesticides is the solution. It doesn’t affect crop yields.
Let me know where you get to with it, very interesting proposal!
FYI, gas ovens are no longer effective ways to kill yourself. Gas costs less and is much lower greenhouse gas emissions than electric resistance, though there are concerns with indoor air quality.