That's the title of breaking news from Associated Press Legal Affairs writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins, via the Akron Beacon Journal.
Several human rights and anti-death penalty groups have asked the American Pharmacists Association to prohibit members from participating in executions, a request that comes as states increasingly turn to pharmacists for lethal injection drugs.
The groups, which include Amnesty International, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, are targeting so-called compounded drugs. Such drugs, which are not federally regulated, are individually mixed versions of medications that prison systems are finding increasingly difficult to obtain.
And:
The pharmacists’ association is unlikely to adopt any statement at this year’s meeting because it has a long process for developing policies, spokeswoman Michelle Spinnler said in an email to The Associated Press Tuesday. She said the earliest the group’s delegates could consider any proposal would be next year.
The association previously adopted policies opposing the use of the word “drug” for chemicals used in lethal injections, and opposing laws or regulations that require or prohibit pharmacists from participating in lethal injections.
Earlier coverage from Ohio begins at the link. Related posts are in the compounding pharmacy and lethal injection category indexes.
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