How does someone get access to this much cyanide & WHY?

Question

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403982,00.html

Answer 1

It's easy to buy through chemical supply houses...

Answer 2

Cyanide is used to extract, or leach gold and silver from the ore. Its available through almost any chemical warehouse. Sodium cyanide is basically stable with the correct procedures followed so the guy in your link was either ignorant or he did commit suicide!

Answer 3

Online and through the black market. Any one can do it if they have the connections