They'd crush a tiny ampule of it in their mouths, put out a moan and be gone.
The purpouse is obvious-- to have a quick and most possible unpainless death. They came inside small capsule to be swalloed . Even big officers patents as Himmler and Groennig used them. Their death took just a few seconds
These are just not accurate. It is not like *swallow* then * die a few seconds later * that is absolutely a Hollywood depiction, lay off the spy movies! Kidding on laying off spy movies, go for it. I wish it were that quick but that just is not reasonably founded as a reality. Is it still relatively quick? Sure.
That quick? No. I suppose if it was a crazy high dose maybe it would accelerate death but I am not an expert on this method so I would always suggest, you guessed it, research.
Nor is it particularly painless. And absolutely would need a proper dose to not prolonge the pain. Until the loss of consciousness, they are fully experiencing every bit of the chemical's effects (good news, the N @ Zi scum suffered a little bit, the bad news so will we). Anything poison related is going to take a little bit of time. I wish things were different but the data and facts are what matters most. We should not deluded ourselves into believing methods are that fast unless they truly are (like for example firearms).
It is not "a few seconds" that is dramatized for TV and film but would take several minutes or potentially even hours if the dose is incorrect. Does not sound at all peaceful but then again there are only a few objectively 'peaceful' methods on all ratings while also balancing ease, access, reliability...I get it.
In
Final Exit, Derek Humphry talks about it can be relatively quick and painless but goes on to describe a case which was: '
miserable and violent, marked frequent tetanic convulsions while awake'. Sounds kind of graphic, but look the reality is a poison logically on its face is not going to be pleasant. It's truly a judgement call for threshold for pain, discomfort, and all the side effects until loss of consciousness. I suppose if I had no other methods available but DID have access to this method then it would be on the table for me, so I am absolutely not judging anyone who is considering this especially if you do not have other methods of any kind and it is the only option and someone is pushed to the severity to need to consider CTB after exhausting all other resources. Period, I am pro-choice. I would never pass my own judgement on someone else even if the method was 'not for me' as I would then be the biggest hypocrit in the world as I am sure many people would not enjoy my top preferred method of firearm given it is seen as gruesome, violent and messy. I get it, I'll respect whatever people decide for themselves.
Ultimately, if you feel confident in having the right purity and the right dose, it maybe is something that people could overcome and out of enough pain and a desire for self-deliverance it might be a method someone wants to consider. I never pass any judgements for people wanting or not-wanting any particular method. I'm also all for innovation, and finding how to make methods better, more suitable, easier, more accessible, and all that jazz.
Cyanide is available where I am.
Also should point out there are different forms of cyanide. Is it potassium cyanide (KCN) or is it cyanide salt (NaCN)? Guessing since you are talking about ingestion it would not be HCN (aka inhaled). Might want to research the different forms of cyanide to double check if the lethal dose changes (from my super basic understanding, it does matter). While I usually
presume if someone is talking about cyanide they are referring to KCN, just like some people think SN is sodium nitr
Ate and not nitr
Ite, I don't want to make any assumptions about anything at all. So just double check whatever your substance is and go from there first.
Somewhat ironically, sodium nitrite is an ancedote for cyanide poisoning. Imagine getting a dose of SN to reverse your cyanide poisoning and being like "Oh hay that was another of my methods for...nevermind..but can I get that to-go please?"
Ultimately boils down to a few things: (1) sufficient purity, (2) right quantity, and (3) an understanding it is going to be some brief suffering until loss of consciousness. If all of those check boxes for you and this is for you, then that's fanastic and I respect it.
With whatever you decide, I hope you find everything you are looking for and get peace & serenity.