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- From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
- Subject: Re: Sodium Pentatol - availability
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.001548.26772@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:15:48 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.032452.22798@netcom.com>
- Organization: Eastern Illinois University
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- In article <1992Nov18.032452.22798@netcom.com> djohnsen@netcom.com (Don "nod" Johnsen) writes:
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- [the topic is sodium pentothal]
-
- >As I'm not actually interested in commiting suicide, this is an academic
- >pursuit - but is it possible to purchase it, or its precursors, on the open
- >market? Is it tightly controlled? Can one make it at home?
-
- Sodium pentothal is a Schedule II controlled substance, which means it
- is as tightly controlled as is morphine. Its precursors are difficult to
- buy, especially for an individual, and its synthesis (if one could obtain
- the precursors) is not trivial.
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- Howard Black cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
- Department of Chemistry Eastern Illinois Univ.
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