Veterinary drug will now be used to execute prisoners.
Ohio will now be using pentobarbitol to execute prisoners who have received the death penalty. The previously used drug, thiopental is on short supply. Pentobarbitol is the drug that most vets use to euthanize cats and dogs. Read more in the Wall Street Journal.
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