Helium discovery a 'game-changer'

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33. Just in the nick of time!!! It's also used in

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It's also used in "Exit Bags", for suicide by inert gas asphyxiation. Given what is just around the corner, with the helium shortage I was afraid that people would be deprived of the most humane technology, and would have to go back to using razor blades or watching Trump speeches.

There IS hope after all!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bag

A suicide bag, also known as an exit bag or hood, is a device consisting of a large plastic bag with a drawcord used to commit suicide through inert gas asphyxiation. It is usually used in conjunction with an inert gas like helium or nitrogen, which prevents the panic, sense of suffocation and struggling during unconsciousness (the hypercapnic alarm response) usually caused by the deprivation of oxygen in the presence of carbon dioxide. This method also makes the direct cause of death difficult to trace if the bag and gas canister are removed before the death is reported.