Hemlock Society Holds Annual Convention in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, CA - JANUARY 10: Dr. Philip Nitschke, an Australian assisted suicide advocate, speaks to the media during the Hemlock Society's annual convention at the Bahia Resort January 10, 2003 in San Diego, California. Nitschke had his new machine called COgen seized by Australian authorities as the doctor was set to leave Sydney Airport bound for the U.S. The device causes death to patients who breathe lethal levels of carbon monoxide through a nasal tube. Nitschke has vowed to build another machine while in the U.S. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)