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>> compounding pharmacies don't traditionally make intervenous compounds. that's not what they're for. >> nobody oversees to see if the drug will do what it's supposed to do. >> if the state of oklahoma is buying drugs from a compounding pharmacy without a doctor/patient relationship then that would mean that they're violating federal law. criminal law. >> in december of 2013, a court in missouri ordered the release of records detailing transaction with a compounding pharmacy in oklahoma. >> officials from the state of missouri department of corrections went to oklahoma to obtain drugs from a ...

>> a law had been passed in oklahoma in 2011 which made the source of drugs completely secret. but if my clients are not being rendered unconscious, that's cruel and unusual punishment. so i tried to show that this statute is unconstitutional, because it prohibits mr. lockett, mr. warner, anyone from finding out where those drugs came from. in factshe discovered oklahoma had planned to execute lockett and warner with drugs purchased in a potentially illegal manner. >> correspondence admitted that the drugs were coming from a compounding pharmacy, which is not regulated by the fda. >> compoundi...

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>> what is a compounding pharmacy and how does this work? >> so compounding pharmacies buy fda-registered, fda-approved generic drugs, and they repurpose them or reformat them for new uses. so if your daughter needed a drug that was only available in a pill format, she can't swallow a pill, a compounding pharmacy would take that drug and put it into a liquid or a suspension so she could take it. >> and the active ingredients are all purchased through this regulated chain of the fda, right? >> they're fda-registered generic drugs. they're produced in fda-inspected facilities. and we buy them. a...

>> susanna represented lockett and warner. >> a law had been passed in oklahoma in 2011 which made the source of drugs completely secret. but if my clients are not being rendered unconscious, that's cruel and unusual punishment. so i tried to show that this statute is unconstitutional, because it prohibits mr. lockett, mr. warner, anyone from finding out where those drugs came from. >> in fact, she discovered oklahoma had planned to execute lockett and warner with drugs purchased in a potentially illegal manner. >> correspondence admitted that the drugs were coming from a compounding pharmacy,...