Texas Sues FDA To Recover Seized Execution Drugs

The Texas prison system on Wednesday sued the Food and Drug Administration, demanding the return of 1,000 vials of the execution drug sodium thiopental seized by federal authorities in 2015.
The federal lawsuit challenges the FDA’s formal ruling, issued Friday, that prohibits the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from importing the drug. Texas purchased the substance from a man in India, but the shipment was seized in July 2015 at Houston Intercontinental Airport, ac