SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration has informed the South Dakota Department of
Corrections that its supply of a key lethal injunction drug
purchased from India cannot be used.
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says that the DEA
voiced concerns about its importation of the drug sodium thiopental
from a Mumbai company. The drug is used as part of a three-drug
cocktail in executions in South Dakota.
The DEA has confiscated the drug from corrections departments in
several other states. It has not been confiscated in South Dakota.
Jackley says the concerns are misplaced and that the drug supply
was properly cleared by federal authorities through customs and has
been tested for safety and efficacy.
A South Dakota death row inmate has questioned the quality of
the drug.
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AP-NY-10-11-11 1416EDT
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