AFP reports, "Texas replenishes stocks of pentobarbital, used for lethal injections, after shortfall." It's via the Australian Broadcasting Company.
Last month, an official said that the state's stock of pentobarbital had nearly run out and would only last through September.
Pentobarbital was used in an execution late Thursday "and it was not expired," Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said.
It was unclear whether that dose was part of an old or new supply of the anaesthetic used to euthanise animals.
Mr Clark declined to provide any specifics but suggested the problem of replenishing the state's stock of the killer drug had been resolved.
"We have not changed our execution protocol in which pentobarbital is used and have no immediate plans to do so," Mr Clark said.
"We will continue to use pentobarbital in the future."
In August, authorities said the state would have to find an alternative - either another provider for the pentobarbital - or options that would involve other drugs.
Earlier coverage of the Texas supply of pentobarbital begins at the link; also available, more recent Texas coverage
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