Officials in Ohio , Texas and other states last year cited a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental in their decisions to separately use pentobarbital , a barbiturate that has alternately been used to put animals to sleep . There is nationwide availability of lethal drug ##s . Federal authorities in March had blocked the importation of drugs . European law makers oppose use of products for U.S. executions .
There is nationwide availability of lethal drug ##s . Federal authorities in March had blocked the importation of drugs . European law makers oppose use of products for U.S. executions .