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- noun A particular
barbiturate drug .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic
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Examples
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Sodium thiopental is used to render prisoners unconscious before they are killed with other drugs.
Arizona execution on hold after state refuses to name British drug supplier Chris McGreal in Washington 2010
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Tennessee has ordered a supply of sodium thiopental from a foreign source, possibly in the U. K, according to the suit, which was filed by a London law firm and by Reprieve, a London-based human rights group.
Suit Targets Execution Drug Nathan Koppel 2010
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The regulations proposed by O'Malley's Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services include multiple references to the drug in question, sodium thiopental, which is also known as sodium pentothal.
Halt in production of lethal drug to be issue in Md. death penalty deliberations John Wagner 2011
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Ohio and Washington state recently switched to using only sodium thiopental, which is also known as Pentothal.
Company to stop making drug commonly used in executions Rob Stein 2011
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Ohio and Washington state recently switched to using only sodium thiopental, which is also known as Pentothal.
Lethal injection drug being phased out Rob Stein 2011
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For example, before Ohio switched to pentobarbital, the state purchased its supply of sodium thiopental from the Southern Ohio Medical Center, a hospital in Lucasville just a few miles from the prison where Ohio puts inmates to death.
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Two states, Ohio and Washington, use only one drug, sodium thiopental, which is fatal at larger doses for executions.
NYT > Home Page By ERIK ECKHOLM 2011
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For example, before Ohio switched to pentobarbital, the state purchased its supply of sodium thiopental from the Southern Ohio Medical Center, a hospital in Lucasville just a few miles from the prison where Ohio puts inmates to death.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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States Depend on Unapproved Foreign Drugs for Executions Because of a U.S. shortage of sodium thiopental, which is the first of three drugs used for most lethal-injection executions, some states have resorted to importing the drug from foreign sources.
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Ohio and Washington state recently switched to using only sodium thiopental, which is also known as Pentothal.
Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Rob Stein 2011
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