– Why is it so hard to find drugs for lethal injection in executions?

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Canada already has MAiD – medical assistance in dying, and as far as I know this assistance does not cause pain. Why is it so difficult for the US to use similar methods?

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Because no pharmaceutical company wants to be known as the one whose products are used for lethal injections, and changing the drugs or protocol used is usually a very long drawn-out and expensive legal process that will be challenged by the attorneys representing the person sentenced to death.

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