The Libertarian in me really likes the intro and consideration for this article although I still struggle with the idea that the topic should be taboo.

…Michael Phillips and I wanted to publish information on how to commit suicide. Hiding such information is a vicious taboo, we opined in high libertarian dudgeon. Richard Baker…who sees a lot of disturbed people remarked drily, “If the information were generally available, a fellow I talked with last week would be dead now. He wouldn’t do it this week I think. The information that people need to know is how not to commit suicide. They think if they take an overdose of sleeping pills they’ll just go to sleep and never wake up. Instead they wake up choking on their own vomit, and there’s the emergency room and stomach pumping and brain damage, and it’s the opposite of relief for their suffering. People try all sorts of things that don’t work, all horrible.”