Anti-death penalty group wants probe of San Antonio company that made Texas' execution drug

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Texas Execution Drug News

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Death penalty opponents are calling for a federal investigation of a San Antonio-based compounding pharmacy that spent years secretly supplying Texas with the drug its prisons use to execute prisoners, according to a recent NPR investigation.

SA-based Rite-Away supplied the state with execution drugs even though the company faced issues with state and federal regulators, according to an NPR story.

Citing documents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice , NPR reported Wednesday that San Antonio's Rite-Away Pharmacy and Medical Supply provided the sedative pentobarbital to the state from 2019 through at least 2023. "What this shows is that when it comes to the death penalty, reputable pharmacies don't want to compound these drugs," Hebron-Jones said. "As a result, Texas has turned to dodgy suppliers."Rohit Chaudhary, said the compounding of execution drugs was primarily handled by a pharmacist no longer employed by the company.

"The situation raises larger questions about what's being done with the state's tax dollars and who those dollars are supplying," Hebron-Jones said.

 

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