Posted on 10/10/2013 11:46:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The compound Propofol has long been the most popular anesthetic drug in the United States, with some 50 million doses administered in the country’s hospitals and other medical facilities every year. But plans by several US states to begin using the drug for executions have drawn wide concern in the European Union, where near 90 percent of the Propofol supplied to America is manufactured.
Now, out of concern that EU regulations will result in severe restrictions on the drug’s export, the German pharmaceutical firm that is the top manufacturer of Propofol, as well as advocacy groups in the US, are scrambling to prevent the drug from being used for lethal injections. …
The Missouri Department of Corrections said Wednesday in a press release that it still retains a supply of domestically manufactured Propofol. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, whose office did not respond to Spiegel Online’s request for comment, said earlier in the week that the state would go forward with two planned executions, currently scheduled for Oct. 23 and Nov. 20. Nixon went on to say that American court systems, not European politicians, would dictate death penalty policy in Missouri. The executions would be the first to use Propofol. …
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This is so wrong, its one of the best drugs for euphoria there is...Death penalty should hurt not soothe!
Start using Heroin. See if they stop supplying that.
The EU likes to get on its high horse and ride around sometimes, just to remind everyone how important it is, moral preening a specialty.
This is one of those times.
If this becomes a problem, we can always call Walter White out of early retirement.
Hang by the neck until dead.
Just use syringes filled with nothing but air. It’s a renewable resource and will achieve the desired results, albeit slowly and painfully.
Europe: famous for the use of Zyklon-B. Ahh, the hypocrisy of Eurotrash is amazing.
When it comes down to it, there is always the bullet, or two.
America's ancestors departed because we don't give a rip for how you do it over there.
Nitrogen Asphyxiation - the least cost, least pain, simplest means of execution available. No drugs, no chemicals, no blood that is possibly tainted with HIV to clean up, no expensive lawyers complaining about how their client may not get the right dosage, no botched executions, etc.
Simply strap the condemned down, attach a brain wave monitor and a breathing mask, turn on the 99% pure nitrogen at 1.1 atmospheres (common welding gas that composes most of the current atmosphere), and wait till the brain waves stop. Takes between 4 to 12 min. Condemned goes to sleep in the first min.
Nicotine sulfate. Works wonders as death is quick. Personally they should all die with rope burns on the neck.
If it was good 240 years ago, it is good now.
Wasn’t there a commercial (for Sominex, I believe) whose jingle went, “Safe and restful deep, deep, sleep?”
Michael Jackson loved propofol... until he had too much of it. His doctor knows how to administrate too much of it, and may be looking for a new job.
heart stick.
they can use anything to put someone under. my dental surgery, i wasn’t feeling any pain from the iv stuff, and then when the nitro gas came three breaths and i was out.
use that stuff.
or the hammer. hammer will work too.
.45 ACP to the torso
In fact I will donate enough of my stock to clean out all of the death rows in the US. I can cover it!
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