183 ABA Journal Healthcare & Pharmaceutics articles.
Tennessee has executed only six inmates since 1960 and none since 2009. Now its attorney general wants execution dates set for 10 condemned killers.
Attorney General Robert Cooper asked the…
Dec 5, 2013 1:33 PM CST
A federal appeals court has upheld a court order that blocks importation of the lethal injection drug sodium thiopental, a sedative used to anesthetize inmates before they receive drugs that…
Jul 24, 2013 1:51 PM CDT
In the latest round of a hard-fought political battle over the issue of whether the so-called morning-after birth control pill should be available without a prescription to 15- and 16-year-olds,…
May 2, 2013 4:15 PM CDT
A California judge issued a tentative decision on Thursday finding prison officials failed to follow the law when adopting new state procedures for lethal injection.
If the judge’s decision is…
Dec 16, 2011 1:57 PM CST
The Food and Drug Administration was ready to approve a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. proposal to sell the company’s Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive to girls under age 17 over…
Dec 8, 2011 12:32 AM CST
A Swiss drug company has asked Nebraska officials to return a drug it made that the state plans to use for the execution of death row inmates.
The CEO of…
Nov 30, 2011 8:09 PM CST
Four cannabis clubs in Arizona, where voters last year passed a law allowing medical marijuana use, were sued today by the state attorney general, who alleges that the groups’ actions…
Aug 8, 2011 7:07 PM CDT
Florida’s Drug Abuse Prevention and Control law, which in 2002 was amended to remove language that intent was required for a conviction, was recently overturned in Orlando federal court. Defense…
Jul 29, 2011 6:50 PM CDT
There is “strong evidence” lethal injection sedative used in Nebraska is being illegally imported from India, according to a lawyer there who handles capital cases, and using it brings brings…
Apr 12, 2011 6:57 PM CDT
Georgia’s Department of Corrections turned proactive when a limited supply of a lethal injection drug delayed some executions in the United…
Mar 16, 2011 11:22 AM CDT
Approach the squat, green-and-white building at a busy corner in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Palms, and you might be tempted to order two pieces of Original Recipe. On closer…
Dec 10, 2010 11:28 PM CST
Dec 1, 2010 7:50 AM CST
A sedative used to euthanize animals can be used to execute death-row inmates in Oklahoma, a federal judge has ruled.
Oklahoma prison officials want to administer pentobarbital, used on animals…
Nov 23, 2010 12:00 PM CST
A national shortage of sodium thiopental, one of three drugs commonly included in a lethal cocktail used to execute prison inmates on death row, has created a “Russian roulette” scenario…
Sep 28, 2010 7:36 PM CDT
Lawyers hoping to find new clients were among those attending the Colorado Cannabis Convention this past weekend.
More than half a dozen lawyers that are gaining experience in medical marijuana…
Apr 6, 2010 11:00 AM CDT
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.
