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| CA Waiting For Lethal Injection Drug Approval |
| By concordmonitor.com |
| Published: 12/08/2010 |
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California corrections officials disclosed yesterday that they have imported a large quantity of the key drug used in lethal-injection executions and are awaiting approval of the British-made product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation last month paid a British distributor $36,415 for 521 grams of sodium thiopental made by Archimedes Pharma, said department spokeswoman Terry Thornton. Prison officials also acquired 12 grams of the drug at no cost from the Arizona Department of Corrections on Sept. 30, Thornton said. That stock of the first drug used in a three-injection sequence would be sufficient to put to death about 90 condemned prisoners by the state's practices, which require 3 grams of sodium thiopental per execution plus an equivalent amount as emergency backup. But some of the drug is also needed for training purposes, Thornton noted, reducing the potential impact of the new supply. Read More. |
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