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It also happens in the other direction. According to http://mentalhealthdaily.com/2...

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These days, a consensus of neuroscientists agree that brain development likely persists until at least the mid-20s – possibly until the 30s.

The fact that our brains aren’t developed until the mid 20s means that “legal adults” (those age 18+) are allowed to make adult decisions, without fully mature brains. Someone who is 18 may make riskier decisions than someone in their mid-20s in part due to lack of experience, but primarily due to an underdeveloped brain. /Quote

United States: In the past, many states had laws that regarded the act of suicide as a felony, but these laws were seldom enforced. In the 1980s, 30 out of 50 United States has no laws opposing suicide or attempting suicide. With that said, all 50 states had laws stating that assisted suicide is a felony. Currently there is no law against the act of committing suicide in the United States.

Additionally, physician assisted suicide is wider spread than just Oregon... they were simply the first. http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/26/...

Only in portions of Nevada is prostitution legal, not the entirety of the state.

Public nudity is more widely accepted (legally) than you've limited it too, but here each city can have it's own ordinances, so listing them would need a staggering amount of space, and as much effort; so here's an already written article:

http://www.thefrisky.com/2016-...

LSD used a single time can induce a psychotic break in some people.

I don't recall reading about any instance of this where the person did not already have some sort of aberrant mental condition. This study found that psychedelic use was not an independent risk factor for psychosis. I think that the other studies I've read had broadly similar conclusions.

I'm telling you right now that you're an idiot and you need to ***shut the fuck up*** before some naive fool takes your idiotic opinion as some sort of quality info.

You must feel embarrassed to have typed that.

Reality is, once you are 16 ish you technically are an adult and should act like one. Our wierd society wants to extend childhood out past where biology has it set.

Your reproductive organs work at that age, but your brain hasn't fully developed until your mid-20s. That's biology too. To ask someone to act in a way that takes another decade to develop is a bit much. Our society is less wierd in this respect than you think it is.

Yes, of course it is. I never said otherwise, but a statement of fact is simply that. Personal responsibility is a real thing. Without proof of incompetence a person is responsible for the things he/she does. How is that open to opinion? The age when that person becomes responsible is a matter of opinion. Most car rental companies set that age at 25, when the brain solidifies, or they did many years ago. Some state governments will tell you it's 14 or 15. So before that, personal responsibility is the parents' responsibility (up to 18).

So it should be illegal to plan or attempt suicide, but legal to succeed? After all, nobody has been prosecuted for successfully committing suicide, have they?

Many civilized countries have removed attempted suicide from the criminal code. Here's a list, and 2 examples:

United States: In the past, many states had laws that regarded the act of suicide as a felony, but these laws were seldom enforced. In the 1980s, 30 out of 50 United States has no laws opposing suicide or attempting suicide. With that said, all 50 states had laws stating that assisted suicide is a felony. Currently there is no law against the act of committing suicide in the United States.

Canada: In 1972, the act of suicide was removed as being a criminal action. In 1993, a law was created that prohibited any form of assisted suicide. There has been some controversy in recent years surrounding the ban of physician-assisted suicide. Many disabled individuals feel as though they should have a right to assisted suicide under Canadian law. Additionally anyone who compels or entices a person to commit suicide is subject to criminal penalty regardless of whether the individual carries through with the act. In 2014, physician-assisted suicide became legal only in the province of Quebec.

versus these countries:

North Korea: This is a country in which suicide rates are considerably lower than average. It is thought that the reason suicide rates are low is due to the burden suicide would have on a person’s family. It is thought that if someone commits suicide, it is possible for the government to purge or ostracize the rest of that person’s family and relatives. In this country there is strict social pressure and an unforgiving nature surrounding suicide.

Singapore: Anyone who even attempts suicide can be sent to prison for up to a full year.

If base jumping were addictive you might have a point

*ahem*...

But, there's still the initial taking of the drug - or did you forget that part?