Texas running short on execution drugs

[davidn3600]

Texas, the state with the country's highest execution rate, has left about one month's supply of pentobarbital, which means the life and scheduled death of its convicted inmates may be in question.

The state does not have a backup plan to replace the drug, a barbiturate that can be used to treat epilepsy — or in a three-drug cocktail to kill convicts on death row.

Several suppliers have refused sell their products if used for capital punishment. For example, the pharmaceutical company Lundbeck, in a statement on its website, says it restricts the sale and distribution of its product to prisons based on its view of international human rights.

"Lundbeck is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people suffering from brain diseases. Therefore, it was very disturbing to us when we learned in 2011 that one of our products, Nembutal [pentobarbital], was used off-label by US prisons to carry out capital punishment," the statement says.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/130802/texas-runs-low-state-execution-drug

[hollysmom]

1. They will just have to cut back and only half kill people.

[Major Nikon]

2. Or simply bring back hanging or the electric chair

[Stinky The Clown]

3. How about some kudos to Lundbeck?

Interesting move on their part.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Kudos to Lundbeck - good idea!

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