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    Fentanyl

    Took `em long enough...

    Nebraska first in US to use opioid fentanyl in execution
    14 Aug.`18 - Nebraska has become the first US state to use the opioid fentanyl to carry out the death penalty.
    Convicted criminal Carey Dean Moore, 60, who killed two cab drivers in 1979, was executed in the state's first lethal injection and first execution in 21 years. Amid two lawsuits from drug companies to stay the execution, Moore had told his lawyers he wanted to be executed. Fentanyl is a powerful narcotic drug at the heart of the US opioid crisis. According to the Omaha World-Herald newspaper, the state used an untried drug $#@!tail of diazepam, fentanyl, cisatracurium and potassium chloride to execute Moore.


    Moore was convicted of killing cab drivers Reuel Van Ness and Maynard Helgeland in August 1979. Both men were 47-year-old Korean war veterans. He was pronounced dead approximately 23 minutes after the drugs were administered, the Washington Post reported. German pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi attempted to halt the execution with a federal lawsuit filed last week. The suit alleged that Nebraska had not legally obtained the potassium chloride, meant to stop Moore's heart, and the cisatracurium besylate, a muscle paralytic. State officials denied the allegations.



    Carey Dean Moore was sentenced to death for two 1979 murders



    In a court filing viewed by the Post, the Nebraska Attorney General's office said: "The people of Nebraska have chosen by a wide margin to retain capital punishment for Moore's crimes. "Their government is prepared to carry out Moore's sentence and possesses the constitutional, lawfully-acquired means of doing so." A federal judge rejected Fresenius Kabi's request to block the use of its drugs, and a circuit court denied an appeal. Another pharmaceutical company, Sandoz, requested last week that Nebraska reveal who made the drugs it would use to execute Moore. But a judge ruled he would not decide on the case until after the execution.


    Just three years ago, Nebraska had abolished the death penalty. A year later, it was restored after 60% of voters supported it. Nebraska is not the first state to consider using fentanyl in an execution - particularly as drug companies continue to resist their products being used for death sentences. In July, Nevada was set to use fentanyl in a lethal injection until a lawsuit stalled the execution amid claims that the state illegitimately obtained one of the drugs it planned to use. Scott Frakes, director of Nebraska's Department of Correctional Services noted in an affidavit that lethal substances "are difficult, if nearly impossible, to obtain" in many death penalty states.


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    If I were to have a choice of execution, it would be a firing squad. No chance of living and it doesnt take 23 minutes to pronounce you very dead
    LETS GO BRANDON
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    I'm not convinced that lethal injection is humane.

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    U.S. Intervenes in ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuits Alleging Insys Therapeutics Paid Illegal Kickbacks to Promote Subsys...

    U.S. Intervenes in ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuits Alleging Insys Therapeutics Paid Illegal Kickbacks to Promote Subsys

    Tuesday, May 15, 2018 – The United States has intervened in five “whistleblower” lawsuits that accuse Insys Therapeutics, Inc. of paying illegal kickbacks and defrauding federal health programs in connection with the marketing of Subsys, an opioid painkiller manufactured and sold by the Arizona-based company, the Department of Justice announced today.[/i]
    The five cases brought pursuant to the False Claims Act were ordered unsealed late last week, as was the government’s complaint in intervention. The government learned the cases had been unsealed Monday afternoon. The cases allege illegal marketing tactics related to Subsys, a sublingual spray form of fentanyl, a highly addictive opioid painkiller. In 2012, Subsys was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of persistent breakthrough pain in adult cancer patients who are already receiving, and tolerant to, around-the-clock opioid therapy. The government’s complaint alleges that Insys paid kickbacks to induce physicians and nurse practitioners to prescribe Subsys for their patients. Many of these kickbacks allegedly took the form of sham speaker fees to physicians, jobs for the prescribers’ relatives and friends, and lavish meals and entertainment.


    The United States also alleges that Insys improperly encouraged physicians to prescribe Subsys for patients who did not have cancer, and that Insys employees lied to insurers about patients’ diagnoses in order to obtain reimbursement for Subsys prescriptions that had been written for Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries. “Our intervention in these cases is just one part of the Justice Department’s multi-pronged efforts to combat the opioid crisis,” said United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna. “The illegal marketing activities alleged in the government’s case helped fuel the crisis by improperly introducing opioids into the market. We are committed to hold accountable opioid manufacturers who use kickbacks, off-label promotions and other illegal activities to sell lethal and highly addictive narcotics. Our goal is to bring about an end to the tragic epidemic that is harming untold numbers of people across the United States.”


    “Improper financial relationships between physicians and drug companies can distort a physicians’ best judgment for their patients, in addition to undermining patient health and trust. This is especially troubling when the drugs are opioids,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “Lying to federal health programs about patients’ medical diagnoses is also completely unacceptable. The Justice Department will pursue these illegal actions and continue to hold drug companies and doctors accountable for their roles in contributing to this deadly epidemic.” “Insys allegedly bribed doctors who are more concerned with profits than patients,” said Christian J. Schrank, Special Agent in Charge for the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Encouraging the inappropriate use of this too-often deadly opioid is intolerable enough, but the abuse is compounded when taxpayers are forced to pick up the bill.” “I applaud the Civil Division and the U.S. Attorney for their untiring efforts to hold health care providers accountable to the American taxpayer,” said Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency. “The Department of Justice's efforts safeguard the health care benefit for American service members, veterans and their families. The Defense Health Agency continues to work closely with the Justice Department, and other state and federal agencies to investigate those who participate in fraudulent practices.”


    The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act allow whistleblowers to file lawsuits on behalf of the United States when they believe that a party has submitted false claims for government funds, and to receive a share of any recovery. The United States has the right to intervene and take over responsibility for litigating these cases. Here, the United States has intervened in five separate lawsuits that have been consolidated in United States District Court in Los Angeles. The civil claims asserted against Insys are allegations only, and there has been no determination of liability. The United States has separately pursued a number of criminal cases against Insys employees and Subsys prescribers. The cases announced today are being handled by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, the Justice Department’s Civil Division, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Defense Health Agency.


    https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/us-intervenes-whistleblower-lawsuits-alleging-insys-therapeutics-paid-illegal-kickbacks

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    If fentanyl becomes the government's execution method of choice, one would imgatine that its recreational use would subside greatly. That right there is an excellent reason to use it for executions.

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