The American Pharmacists Association has officially discouraged its members from providing drugs for use in lethal injections . The policy adopted at their Monday meeting annual says providing such drugs runs contrary to the role of pharmacists as health care providers . APA lacks legal authority to bar its more than 62,000 members from selling execution drugs , but its policies set pharmacists ' ethical standards .
The American Pharmacists Association has officially discouraged its members from providing drugs for use in lethal injections . The policy adopted at their annual meeting Monday says providing such drugs runs contrary to the role of pharmacists as health care providers . APA lacks legal authority to bar its more than 62,000 members from selling execution drugs , but its policies set pharmacists ' ethical standards .