USA - California. State's sodium thiopental passes lab tests

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s supply of sodium thiopental is lab-certified as sterile and sufficiently potent. Prison officials sent off a share of their sodium thiopental for testing in January to confirm the drug was manufactured properly. The department purchased 521 grams of the anesthetic in October from Dream Pharma, an obscure pharmaceutical wholesaler in London. Analysis records released this week show the sodium thiopental meets quality standards. The lab report states that pharmacological potency of tested doses was 93.7 percent, with acceptably low levels of heavy metals and impurities.