Help Is dry ice bad?

[daydrey]

As you know, a high-concentration CO2

environment is understood to induce drowsiness.

There are quite a few cases in our country where people have used dry ice for CTB.

It's also utilized on pig farms. Why is this option not widely considered or recommended?

 

[pharma]

This is an anecdote, but when I was 12 I made dry ice at home with a fire extinguisher (for non-suicide reasons). The process involved using a pillowcase. I accidently inhaled some and it made me ill... It was VERY unpleasant. It's not like CO poisoning where you just fell asleep-I could feel my airway just burn up. I ended up with bronchitis shortly after lol... It is probably more comfortable and efficient to just inhale an inert gas with a mask and fall asleep then going throuhg the trouble of acquiring dry ice and figuring out how to inhale without it becoming uncomfortable

 

[OzymandiAsh]

Interested in this also.

"Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide (\(CO_{2}\)), extremely cold (around -78.5°C or -109.3°F), that doesn't melt into a liquid but instead sublimates, turning directly into a gas, leaving no residue, making it great for cooling and special effects like fog. It's used for shipping temperature-sensitive items, in theaters, and for food preservation, but requires careful handling with gloves and ventilation to prevent frostbite and \(CO_{2}\) buildup."

There seem to be plenty of suicides as well as accidental deaths involving dry ice: https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...-Lee/60a904250597aaec43ad7f5b45370e26bc6c036a