# Lethal injection vrs Euthanasia

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**Created:** [March 22, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lethal-injection-vrs-euthanasia/442316 "2008-03-22T05:43:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lethal-injection-vrs-euthanasia/442316/1 "2008-03-22T05:43:20Z")

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When someone dies from euthanasia in Oregon, are they given the same thing that someone on death row would get?

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**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lethal-injection-vrs-euthanasia/442316/2 "2008-03-22T09:48:29Z")

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The substance used in Oregon is sodium pentobarbital, according to [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Human_Euthanasia) and [this site](http://www.nysrighttolife.org/news/04282004/assisted_suicide_in_oregon.htm) (the latter is a pro-life site opposing the Oregon law, but I suspect they’re impartial enough to take the name of the drug from their page).

According to [another Wiki site](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection#Lethal_injection_drugs), there are several common drugs in the U.S. used for lethal injections as a way to execute the death penalty; sodium pentobarbital doesn’t seem to be among them, and the article on sodium pentobarbital doesn’t mention its use on death row candidates.