Ohio is set to become the first state to execute condemned inmates with a surgical sedative sometimes used in assisted suicides….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 the 47 assisted-suicide patients in Washington state in 2009, state health statistics show.
Associated Press
“Ohio to use assisted-suicide drug in executions”
January 25, 2011
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