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Vermont's 'suicide tourism' industry booms as data reveals assisted deaths QUADRUPLED over the last two years to nearly 100 terminally ill patients

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  • The number of people using assisted suicide in the state of Vermont has quadrupled in recent years, according to a new report 
  • In total, there have been 203 cases of assisted suicide in the state since they first legalized it in 2013 
  • Just last week Lynda Bluestein, who had pushed for the state to expand their law to non residents,  died by taking lethal medication after suffering from cancer

Vermont's 'suicide tourism' industry booms as data reveals assisted deaths QUADRUPLED over the last two years to nearly 100 terminally ill patients | Daily Mail Online

Connecticut woman Lynda Bluestein pushed for Vermont legislators to change the law. She died on January 4 after ending her life by taking prescribed medication


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