• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
    hexagon
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    7 months ago

    According to Wikipedia:

    The drugs used to execute prisoners are produced domestically

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Vietnam

    • GinAndJucheM
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      7 months ago

      Thanks for the link!

      I somewhat assumed (mock me if you want, it’s probably deserved) that it’s hard to make the barbiturate that’s used. Nope, just another case of America being so hollowed out and financialized it chooses not to mix some chemicals and make the one they need.

      Some of these are head scratchers,but it is good that environmental crimes are on the list at least.

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        • GinAndJucheM
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          7 months ago

          Dirt cheap and a nationwide shortage. Amazing system

          • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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            7 months ago

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            There are 97.5 grams of pentobarbital in this that they use on pets. That’s about $1.35/gram

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            Meanwhile they are charging the government $1500/gram for the same drug

          • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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            7 months ago

            Working as intended so they can charge the government 10000x it’s worth. Of course only the people who donate a chunk of that money to politicians campaigns will be selected to make and sell it 😎

    • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      They’re also dirt cheap but the only companies authorized to make them charge the government out the wazoo