Midazolam

• Senator questions assisted dying sedative linked to botched U.S. executions

  Senator Michael Macdonald pointed out that the drug midazolam has resulted in adverse reactions during U.S. executions.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2020
• Hamilton paramedics seek missing medication pouch, issue warning

  Hamilton paramedics are seeking a missing medication pouch that contains sedatives and painkillers that may be fatal if used without authorization.

  May 26, 2018
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• Fentanyl stolen from ambulance parked at Winnipeg hospital

  An investigation has been launched after dangerous drugs were taken from an ambulance parked at St. Boniface Hospital around 3 a.m. Monday.

  Crime

  Nov 27, 2017
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• Arkansas to execute 8 people in 10 days, slammed for ‘killing spree’ by ACLU

  The hurried execution schedule appears to be an attempt by Arkansas to use up its supply of the drug midazolam, linked to numerous botched executions, before it expires.

  World

  Mar 20, 2017
• Alabama inmate heaved, coughed during lethal injection execution that took nearly 30 minutes

  Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, was finally pronounced dead at 11:05 p.m. Thursday night - about 30 minutes after the procedure began at the state prison in southwest Alabama.

  World

  Dec 9, 2016
• U.S. court OKs use of drug implicated in botched executions

  A deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal-injection executions Monday, even as two dissenting justices said for the first time they think it's "highly likely" the death penalty itself is unconstitutional.

  World

  Jun 29, 2015
• ‘Date-rape’ drugs stolen from hospital, Halifax police warn

  Halifax police say a drug that is sometimes used in sexual assaults has been stolen from various parts of a local hospital over the past three weeks.

  Crime

  Aug 21, 2014