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Republican-led states secretly spending huge sums on execution drugs. Documents obtained by the Guardian show three states paying astronomical amounts to skirt – almost certainly illegally – a ban on pharmaceuticals for lethal injections https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/09/revealed-republican-led-states-secretly-spending-huge-sums-on-execution-drugs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
2/ The most jaw-dropping outlay has been made by Arizona... Dept of corrections ordered 1,000 vials of pentobarbital sodium salt, each containing 1mg, to be shipped in “unmarked jars and boxes”.
At the bottom of the document, the record states: “Amount paid: $1,500,000.”
At the bottom of the document, the record states: “Amount paid: $1,500,000.”
3/ “AZ’s splurge on illicit drugs is all the more striking given that it was made in middle of pandemic when so many of its citizens were hurting. At the time of payment there were estimated to be almost 1 million Arizonans struggling with hunger, incl more than 300K+ children”
