Texas prison agency replenishes execution drug supply

[El Supremo]

Source: Al Jazeera

Texas prison officials have acquired a small supply of pentobarbital to replenish their dwindling inventory of the execution drug so lethal injections set for next month in the nation's most active death penalty state can be carried out, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Wednesday.

Four prisoners already have been put to death this year in Texas. That left enough pentobarbital in the state's inventory to conduct only one more lethal injection, the scheduled April 9 execution of Kent William Sprouse, convicted of the shooting deaths of a North Texas police officer and another man in 2002. Sprouse is the first of four Texas inmates set to die in April.

The agency now has a sufficient amount of the powerful sedative for the other three, spokesman Jason Clark confirmed. At least two more prisoners face punishment in May and June and would require yet another drug acquisition.

Pharmaceutical companies, under pressure from death penalty opponents, have stopped selling drugs for lethal injections to U.S. prisons. So Texas and other states have turned to less regulated compounding pharmacies for made-to-order drugs. States also are exploring other methods of execution.

Read more: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/25/texas-prison-agency-replenishes-execution-drug-supply.html

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Jesus wept!

[Thor_MN]

1. Interesting that prisons can negotiate with big pharma and seek alternative sources. nt.

[sharp_stick]

2. It's not big pharma

pharma companies, big and generic, are refusing to sell them the drugs. They get them from compounding pharmacies.

[Thor_MN]

3. "and seek alternative sources."

[sharp_stick]

4. Do you mean "seek alternative methods"?

There are no alternative sources, they can only pick them up from compounding pharmacies that agree to manufacture for them.

Some States are so afraid that they won't be able to kill their citizens that they are dusting off electric chairs and firing squads.

[Thor_MN]

5. If I must spell it our for for you...

They negotiated with multiple pharmaceutical companies, domestic and foreign, and were denied. Then they went to alternative sources, compounding companies...

[sharp_stick]

6. Jesus

for a Viqueens fan you're pretty condescending. What the hell is with the "If I must spell it out for you" bullshit? You never got close to posting an actual opinion, you misquoted the original article and then posted a bunch of fucking smilies. Get off my back I was trying to understand your position. Now I realize that it was a fruitless exercise.

Negotiations imply the potential for a deal. They never negotiated with pharma companies, pharma companies told the States to fuck off and that was the end of it.

[Thor_MN]

7. Find a mirror.

Your first reply to me was condescending and wholly inaccurate. The spelling out is because you seem to be a bit confused. You didn't even understand I was quoting myself.

"Hey, Company A, we want to buy some pentobarbital."
"Fuck off."
"Hey, Company B, we want to buy some pentobarbital."
"Fuck off."
"Hey, Company C, we want to buy some pentobarbital."
"Fuck off."

> IS< a series of negotiations. A request to purchase something a company sells ALWAYS has the potential for a deal. The pharmaceutical companies did not en masse, unprompted, tell the prisons to fuck off.


I most clearly said that it was interesting that prison had a chance to negotiate (with multiple companies, which failed) and then were able to turn to alternative sources (compounding companies).

Have I explained myself clearly enough for you know or do you want to misunderstand something in this post too?

[sharp_stick]

8. Ah fuck it n/t

[Thor_MN]

9. You replied to me.

Have a nice life.

[Gothmog]

10. This is sad news

I was hoping that the drug manufacturers would be successful in blocking Texas from getting more drugs