Elderly set up backyard euthanasia labs: Report

Hundreds of elderly Australians wanting to end their lives when they can no longer care for themselves are setting up backyard laboratories to manufacture an illegal euthanasia drug, local media reported.

The euthanasia group Exit Australia told Australian television that more than 100 people have imported the prohibited sedative Nembutal to Australia from Mexico, while 800 were interested in making the powerful sedative in home laboratories.

One group of about 20 people was already making the drug in a backyard laboratory in New South Wales state, reported Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) television.