caption death_date death_place birth_place fields birth_date known_for image article_title name
drion , 1969 -rrb- -lrb- centre -rrb- and students -lrb- leiden university 20 april 2004 leiden -lrb- the netherlands -rrb- 's - gravenhage -lrb- the netherlands -rrb- law 25 april 1917 drion 's pill drion1969.jpg huib drion
 huib drion
huib drion

huib drion -lrb- the hague , 25 april 1917 -- leiden , 20 april 2004 -rrb- was a dutch supreme court judge and professor of civil law who became famous for proposing a suicide pill , which was later called drion 's pill after him .
drion wrote that elderly people who were incurably sick should be able to visit their doctor and receive medication to end their lives .
known in the media as the `` last wish pill '' or `` drion pill , '' the doctor-prescribed drug would be available for free to people over the age of 70 .
drion also suggested that patients receive a combination of two pills to be ingested in one - or two-day intervals so the patient would have enough time to change his or her mind .
