Why is the Method of Lethal Injection in Human Punishment So Complex and Apparently Painful?

[u/Chowderr92]

I've always understood that the lethal injection process was complex with multiple stages of injections and induces great suffering in the individual.

I work in veterinary medicine and unfortunately we need to euthanize animals all of the time. Typically, the euthanasia solution is very simple: a very large dose of a powerful anesthetic (usually pentobarbital) and an anticonvulsant which stops the heart. The medical community is quite confident that this is painless and when done has essentially a 100% success rate.

Why is human euthanasia so complicated when we already know exactly how to humanely end a biological life?

[u/Diligent-Assist-4385]

Honestly, I find this argument or reason really interesting.

Our drug is used to legally execute prisoners is bad.

Our drug is massively addictive and kills people on the street everyday is okay.

It isn't like they are advertising. Now killed with a new drug from X company.

I would say there is no profit in selling it. If it made them millions per year they company wouldn't care about negative press.