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iandhr

(6,852 posts)
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 04:50 PM Oct 2015

Desperate Ohio Now Exploring Homeopathic Execution Methods

COLUMBUS, OH—Facing a critical shortage of key lethal injection drugs with over 100 inmates currently waiting on the state’s death row, desperate Ohio officials announced Tuesday that they were now exploring homeopathic execution methods. “Supply restrictions prevent us from obtaining the thiopental sodium or pentobarbital used under our old system, but we’re confident that our new combination of noxious herbs and lethal dilutions will allow us to swiftly and humanely execute our worst offenders via natural means,” said Ohio prisons spokesperson Michael Ewert, adding that the state had consulted with a number of leading homeopaths, gurus, and yogis to ensure their new, holistic method of capital punishment would be effective for killing inmates in mind, body, and soul. “The linchpin of our new system is a potent three-herb cocktail of foxglove, wolfsbane, and deadly nightshade, which will shut down the inmate’s chakras one by one before completely extinguishing their ch’i and then, finally, stopping their heart.” At press time, Ewert confirmed that the state had scrapped the new procedure after an inmate’s spirit had been trapped at the threshold of the natural world for three hours before finally passing into a state of infinite wisdom.

http://www.theonion.com/article/desperate-ohio-now-exploring-homeopathic-execution-51665

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Desperate Ohio Now Exploring Homeopathic Execution Methods (Original Post) iandhr Oct 2015 OP
My ex-girlfriends cooking could be used benld74 Oct 2015 #1
DoTerra might sell some essential oils that would work, but caution, that shit's expensive NightWatcher Oct 2015 #2
. arcane1 Oct 2015 #3
But can we afford it? Schema Thing Oct 2015 #4
Why don't they use heroin? maveric Oct 2015 #5
Pure Onion. At it's best. DamnYankeeInHouston Oct 2015 #6
I though Please be The Onion... BadgerKid Oct 2015 #7

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. DoTerra might sell some essential oils that would work, but caution, that shit's expensive
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 04:54 PM
Oct 2015

and you've got to be sure that you buy "therapeutic grade".

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