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Pentobarbital, the drug used in Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Gail Pike, has come under past scrutiny

Pentobarbital, the drug used in Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Gail Pike, has come under past scrutiny
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Pentobarbital is a barbiturate, a class of drugs that depresses the central nervous system.

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