Tijuana - a market for death in a bottle
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"Cocaine?" a hustler working Tijuana's seedy Avenida Revolución called out on a recent night, his voice not the least bit muted.
"How about girls?"
When neither offering elicited the desired response, he tried another: "Cuban cigars?"
He could have continued for quite a bit longer reciting from Tijuana's extensive menu of contraband. One product from this border town, though, trumps all others in terms of shock value: death in a bottle, a liquid more potent than even the strongest tequila.
The drug, pentobarbital, literally takes a person's breath away. It can kill by putting people to sleep, and it is tightly regulated in most countries. But aging and ailing people seeking a quick and painless way to end their lives say there is no easier place on earth than Mexico to obtain pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly known as Nembutal.
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"How about girls?"
When neither offering elicited the desired response, he tried another: "Cuban cigars?"
He could have continued for quite a bit longer reciting from Tijuana's extensive menu of contraband. One product from this border town, though, trumps all others in terms of shock value: death in a bottle, a liquid more potent than even the strongest tequila.
The drug, pentobarbital, literally takes a person's breath away. It can kill by putting people to sleep, and it is tightly regulated in most countries. But aging and ailing people seeking a quick and painless way to end their lives say there is no easier place on earth than Mexico to obtain pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly known as Nembutal.
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