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| Lethal Injection Drug Scarce In NV |
| By lasvegassun.com |
| Published: 02/07/2011 |
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Nevada officials are asking for access to the federal supply of one of three drugs necessary for a lethal injection. The state doesn't have sodium thiopental in stock and the state's distributor is out after Hospira Inc. stopped manufacturing the drug, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Hospira decided to end production after trying to move the manufacturing to Italy. Italian officials objected because the drug is used in executions, the company said in a statement. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto joined 11 other attorney generals in asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for federal help in finding other sources of the drug, which could include sharing the federal supply. Read More. |
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