For myself...whether or not it was legal(which is isn't in my state) was never part of the equation. After a number of serious attempts the fine was a commitment, no need to monetarily fine people instead they just lock you in a hospital, take away your freedom and make it harder to die...I didn't get real treatment(I had both BP and c-PTSD which needed a therapy based treatment) so that actually made things much worse and my desire to die increased.