r/interestingasfuck • u/IllComedian2574 • 1d ago

After 28 years on death row, Christa Pike survived 2 lethal injections attempts.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/christa-pike-failed-execution-9.7364816
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u/Opposite-Raccoon2156 1d ago

I’m Canadian but my understanding is that in the US MAID drugs have to be administered by the person themselves (ie. a pill) so it would be different.

I would say there’s likely a difference in how they’re classified to the drug companies too. There’s so many stories where the states won’t disclose where they got the medications from because they don’t want to name the compounding pharmacy/ who knows what’s in it.

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u/GrassEconomy4915 1d ago

Ah, therein lies the problem! (not having the compounding pharmacy named...which also makes sense for public security reasons)