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If you are in the business of marketing or selling suicide kits to people, you will be held accountable.

Oregon state Sen. Floyd Prozanski, who sponsored a bill to ban the sale of "suicide kits" in response to a man killing himself with one he bought online. For $60, the kit included a plastic bag that fits over the head, along with plastic tubing that can be attached to a tank of helium gas.

Oregon state Sen. Floyd Prozanski, who sponsored a bill to ban the sale of "suicide kits" in response to a man killing himself with one he bought online. For $60, the kit included a plastic bag that fits over the head, along with plastic tubing that can be attached to a tank of helium gas. 

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.