If governments are always looking for more humane methods of execution, why are heroin and other opiates never used, since they are supposedly the most blissful way to pass?

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If governments are always looking for more humane methods of execution, why are heroin and other opiates never used, since they are supposedly the most blissful way to pass?

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I don’t think it’s true that governments are always looking for humane methods of execution. I think politically, nobody cares. There’s no political will to make executions less painful and nobody is looking to cash in their political capital for that purpose. Same reason prisons are inhumane abominations in general.

but also no reputable doctor would ever advise on that subject, because it’s the exact opposite of the oath that they take when they receive their license.