Is it illegal to commite suicide in the united states?
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I checked before.\nNO state in US makes suicide illegal.\nAlmost all states makes it illegal to INDUCE or cause  suicide. Some states make it illegal to AIDE in suicide(this is hotly debated issue)[1]\n\nJust a few sites:\nIf you want you can do this for all 50:\nPennsylvania mentions aiding suicide(18-205)[2]\nNew Jersey mentions aiding suicide(   2C:11-6.)[3]\nConnecticut mentions suicide as a part of definition of murder(e.g " person is guilty of murder when, with intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such person or of a third person or causes a suicide by force, duress or deception")[4]\nTexas(it was mentioned above) ONLY mentions suicide in 22.08. Which is once again -- you guessed it --  AIDING SUICIDE provision.[5]\n\netc etc.\nOnce again: No state makes suicide ITSELF illegal
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Teenage suicide is an act where a teenager commits suicide. It is becoming a more common diagnosis among teenagers throughout the world. Although suicide rates significantly decreased in the mid-1990s, suicide deaths remain high in the 15 to 24 age group with 3,971 suicides in 2001 and over 132,000 suicide attempts in 2002 making it the third leading cause of death for those aged 15 to 24 in the United States . More preventive measures have been taken in the last ten years including increased understanding the risk factors and causes, spreading information to schools and parents.\n\nOverview\nPsychologists have identified the teenage years as one of the most difficult phases of human life. Although they are often seen as a time to enjoy friendship, hang out with friends and perform other activities that adults would not usually do, often this period causes adolescents a large amount of stress. Many changes in the human mind take place during pubescence. Adolescents may begin to consider spiritual or philosophical questions such as what happens after people die. To some, death may be an unknown idea and result in a great sense of worry. Others may accept death and suicide from watching news reports or from reading a novel depicting a suicidal character. Without proper parenting regarding suicide, a teenager may feel lost on the idea.\n\nHormones, peer pressure, self-esteem, expectations, and academic responsibilities all contribute in providing stress in a teenager's life. A lapse in one of these categories can result in suicidal tendencies. Often, a teenager's suicide attempt may be a cry for help, because he or she may not want to seek help personally because of fear of dishonor or shame.\n\nPopulation differences\nMale adolescents commit suicide at a rate four times greater than that of female adolescents, although suicide attempts by females are twice as frequent as those by males. A possible reason for this is because the method of suicide for males is typically that of a firearm, with a 78-90% chance of fatality. Females are more likely to try a different method, such as ingesting poison.\n\nSuicide rates vary for different ethnicities due to cultural differences. In 1998, white Americans accounted for 84% of all youth suicides, 61% male, 23% female. However, the suicide rate for Native Americans was 19.3 per 100,000, exceedingly higher than the overall rate (8.5 per 100,000). The suicide rate for African-Americans has increased more than two-fold since 1981. A national survey of high school students conducted in 1999 reported that Hispanic students are twice as likely to attempt suicide than white students.\n\nA controversial U.S. government's study, titled Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide, found that gay youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than other young people. Several researchers suggest that bisexual and youth uncertain of their sexual orientation may be at higher risk for suicidal behavior than self-proclaimed homosexual teenagers. However, it should be noted that many gay teenagers who commit suicide also suffer from mental illnesses or substance abuse disorders, making the connection more complicated. Further research is currently being done to explain the prevalence of suicide among homosexual youths.\n\nHigh-risk groups\nTeenagers who have attempted suicide before. Approximately a third of all teenagers who have commited suicide have made a previous suicide attempt.\nRape victims. \nVictims of substance abuse \nAdolescents who have a mental disorder, such as depression, social anxiety, or bipolar disorder. Over 90% of teen suicide victims have a mental disorder, such as depression, and/or a history of alcohol or drug abuse. \n\nSuicide prevention\nMain article: Suicide prevention \nPromoting overall mental health among adolescents is key to reducing possible suicidal thoughts. Some people argue that limiting young people's access to lethal weapon
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how is it illegal if ur doin it to urself?\nhmmm
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No...It is not the same thing!  They are not committing suicide for their country...they are committing suicide for their religion - not country! Americans who die for their country are making that sacrifice to defend the liberty and freedom that our nation and its people hold dear. A muslim commits suicide to instill fear and to kill and maim innocent men, women and children on purpose. There is a definite difference. They claim "death to the infidel". Do you know who an infidel is? It is anyone who does not bow the knee to allah...they are an infidel. They will even kill there own people to espose their view and impose their will. According to their own teachings...an infidel is not worthy to breathe the air that allah has provided. There is a difference and you'd better know it. It's not the same thing. There will come a day when it will matter. Don't believe the hype...our greatest threat is radical Islam.
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You can't compare legality for suicide, .... Who are they going to arrest if a person commits suicide??  If one "assists" in suicide, then it's murder
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Well, if you heard them in California (and I have to assume you did), I can help you with one of them.\n\n5150 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is the section that allows law enforcement officers (go figure) to detain persons who are a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or gravely disabled due to a mental defect.  It's often used as the radio code for someone who is acting a little nutty or has attempted suicide.\n\nAnd speaking of suicide, this is the law that allows the police to take a suicidal person into *civil* custody.  This is not a criminal section, and the person being detained is not under criminal arrest, so NO...it is not against the law to try (or succeed) in killing yourself in California.\n\nAs for the 999, I have never heard of it.  A lot of agencies use what are called "900 codes", so it certainly seems reasonable that the other poster has it right...I've just never heard it myself.
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We'll all worry more about answering you when you find a state where it's illegal to commit suicide.
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While murder in America is illegal, suicide fits that bill. If you believe you are one or a hundred, pull the trigger! They can only give you the chair once right!\n But in all honesty, buy the gun and shells yourself, put that together and then in your mouth and pull the trigger! Save from the world your problem.\n\nI have attempted to phrase this in a manner I thought you would understand.
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That would be a NO!  It is illegal to restrain someone unless they are trying to hurt themselves or others.
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no i really dont think so i mean you can chose to die or make someone else die but  you will get in trouble and i mean lots if you kill someone and if you try to kill yourself and fail you will probaly would have lots of people helping you weather  you wanted or not but it is your freedom of choice to chose such things.
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The actual answer, despite the rampant speculation offered so far, is that it depends.  In many countries and many states, attempted suicide is not illegal.  One source reports that as of 1963, six states, North and South Dakota, Washington, New Jersey, Nevada, and Oklahoma, still criminalized it.\n\nFor all the discussion of Texas and its law, Texas does not criminalize either suicide or attempted suicide.  Many states may have mandatory psychological examinations and detention for individuals who attempt suicide, but these proscriptions are rehabilitative, not criminal or punitive.\n\nIf you specify the particular jurisdiction in a new question, I'll go forward and research that particular jurisdiction's history, but the question is too open-ended and shallow for deep research at this time.
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No, Don't commit suicide. there is some who's :-W for you. Please if you feel like you need some one that you talk with contact me.
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Ahem... No.\n\nIt is called assult with a deadly weapon - and drunk or not, it is illegal and not OK.
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Do you mean someone who kills with the power of their mind? They haven't had to yet, because there's no way to prove that, if it's even possible. Or did you mean someone who uses psychology to convince someone to kill or commit suicide? If they're convincing someone to commit suicide, I don't think there's anything that can be done if they don't do anything illegal to accomplish it. However, if they're convincing someone to kill somebody else, then that person would be brought up on charges of consipiracy to commit murder, if there's any evidence of the conspiracy (emails, phone records, letters, or witnesses)
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Remember, it's a crime to kill yourself!
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In the state of Minnesota:\n\n (a) Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years.\n\n(b) Whoever, without intent to cause death, proximately causes the death of a human being by, directly or indirectly, unlawfully selling, giving away, bartering, delivering, exchanging, distributing, or administering a controlled substance classified in schedule I or II, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both.
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I don't know but I think there should be I don't understand why people with cancer etc. that want to end the pain can not legally choose to die by Doctor assisted suicide instead of suffering\nAlthough it is widely condoned around the world, only one nation, the Netherlands, has made physician-assisted suicide legal. In the United States, voters in five states initiated ballot measures to legalize it. All have failed, except for Oregon, where voters in 1994 approved the "Death with Dignity Act." That measure permit doctors to prescribe a lethal drug dose but not administer it and established rules to ensure patients seeking assisted suicide are mentally competent, in great pain and intent on ending their lives. Since the law took effect in 1997, more than 200 people have committed suicide with the aid of a physician, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services.\n\nYou can and should make a living will then you can choose to have no life saving devices like life support administered but these are not always followed