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Tennessee Turns Over Lethal Injection Drug

By Jacque Day

Tennessee – Tennessee officials have turned over a key lethal injection drug at the request of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. Records show the state purchased sodium thiopental overseas. Several states have scrambled to find a new supplier since the primary U.S. manufacturer stopped making the drug.