State goes overseas for lethal injection drug

[somone]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_arizona_execution

State goes overseas for lethal injection drug
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press

FLORENCE, Ariz. – Facing a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug, Arizona has taken an unusual step that other death penalty states may soon follow: get their supplies from another country.

Such a move, experts say, raises questions about the effectiveness of the drug. But it also may further complicate executions in the 35 states that allow them, as inmates challenge the use of drugs not approved by federal inspectors for use in the U.S.

Arizona said Tuesday that it got its sodium thiopental from Great Britain, the first time a state has acknowledged obtaining the drug from outside the United States since the shortage began slowing executions in the spring.

"This drug came from a reputable place," Chief Deputy Attorney General Tim Nelson said. "There's all sorts of wild speculation that it came from a third-world country, and that's not accurate."...

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Thank God they didn't buy it from China!

[marmar]

1. Importing drugs to carry out a barbaric ritual.....Lovely.

[DCKit]

2. See? They warned U.S. that those Canadian drugs could kill people. n/t

[madrchsod]

3. from the bbc.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11630187

they want to know the companies name.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

4. I am not a fan of lethal injection... even before we imported the drugs.

I think they should stick with more reliable/cheaper methods.
Last I checked, there was no international shortage of ammo.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. The best method, bar none, is the one currently in use in Western European countries. -nt