AP story about how OK and OH use Pentobarbital in combination with other drugs in their executions. I get that the company is upset about that but no outrage or comment about OR using this for assisted suicides?? Can they explain that? So does this mean opposing capital punishment is politically correct but assisted suicide is off limits?
"That drug's sole U.S. manufacturer, Hospira Inc., of Lake Forest, Ill., deplored the drug's use in executions and also asked states not to use it, to no avail. The company announced last week it was discontinuing the product.Pentobarbital maker Lundbeck Inc. says it never intended for the drug to be used to put inmates to death.
The drug has been used in 200 of the 525 assisted suicides in Oregon since 1998, according to data compiled by the Oregon Public Health Division. It also was prescribed for 5 of 47 assisted-suicide patients in Washington state in 2009, state health statistics show."
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