pentobarbital
noun
pen·to·bar·bi·tal
ˌpen-tə-ˈbär-bə-ˌtȯl 
: a granular barbiturate C11H18N2O3 used especially in the form of its sodium or calcium salt as a sedative, hypnotic, and antispasmodic
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Former United States Attorney General William Barr approved the use of the single-drug formula of pentobarbital for executions in 2019.
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Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
We have not been registered with the DEA as a bulk manufacturer of pentobarbital since 2022.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
For Idaho’s past two executions, in 2011 and 2012, the state paid a total of about $25,000 for the pentobarbital used in those lethal injections.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2024
The announcement noted that Indiana would use pentobarbital, a drug that death penalty opponents have argued leads to undue suffering.
—Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
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Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
We have not been registered with the DEA as a bulk manufacturer of pentobarbital since 2022.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
For Idaho’s past two executions, in 2011 and 2012, the state paid a total of about $25,000 for the pentobarbital used in those lethal injections.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2024
The announcement noted that Indiana would use pentobarbital, a drug that death penalty opponents have argued leads to undue suffering.
—Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
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pentobarbital
noun
pen·to·bar·bi·tal
ˌpent-ə-ˈbär-bə-ˌtȯl
: a granular barbiturate used especially in the form of its sodium salt C11H17N2NaO3 or calcium salt (C11H17N2O3)2Ca as a sedative, hypnotic, and antispasmodic
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