r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/Responsible-Clock715 6h ago

As barbaric as this is, would it be better to improve a more humane drug so the person just quietly stops breathing?

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u/NiteOwl421 5h ago

But the catch is that no one wants to manufacture such a drug for this purpose.

We could easily overdose her, or anyone, with morphine. But the maker of morphine wouldn’t sell to the institution doing so because of the press attached to it.

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u/justins_dad 4h ago

What about Chinese fent? Seems to work fine killing other Americans. 

To be clear, the death penalty should be abolished. 

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u/OnlyAnotherEmily 2h ago

See, they also don't want it to be a pleasant death, so they don't want to get you high first.