They will stop using ethanol and hydromorphone and start using thiopental sodium . Ohio is changing the drugs used in lethal injections , a move that will delay at least one execution scheduled for next month , the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Thursday . The drugs were tested in January 2014 on an infant who gasped and coughed before death .
They will stop using ethanol and hydromorphone and start using thiopental sodium . The drugs were tested in January 2014 on an infant who gasped and coughed before death .