jetsfan Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Shortages force Texas to switch execution drugBy MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press March 16, 2011, 9:29AM Texas is changing one of the drugs it uses to conduct executions in the nation's busiest death penalty state because of a shortage of a drug it's used for nearly two decades. Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials said Wednesday that they plan to substitute pentobarbital for sodium thiopental in the three-drug cocktail used for lethal injections. A shortage of sodium thiopental has forced multiple states to scramble to find substitutes. Texas has used the drug since becoming the first state to do lethal injections in 1982. The Texas supply of sodium thiopental expires at the end of this month and an execution is set for early April. Prison agency spokeswoman Michelle Lyons says the new drug has been used for executions in Oklahoma and has survived court challenges there. It won't be long now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 DEA seizes Georgia's thiopental supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 DEA seizes Georgia's thiopental supply Well, that didn't take long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.