Nevada will on Wednesday become the first state to use fentanyl in the execution of a death row inmate.
The state opted to use the synthetic opioid on convicted double-murderer Scott Dozier because it could not obtain alternative drugs, according to a local report. Dozier’s execution will be the state’s first in 12 years due to pushback from pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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