are finding that they just can t get the drugs they want to use for lethal injections. they just can t get them. it s getting desperate. first it was the companies that make the drugs. they stopped shipping them to prisons saying they were deliberately misusing those farm suit cas by uing them for executions. some states then turned to compounding pharmacy wiz hand mix drugs in small batches. they re used to make drugs for patients who might need particular medicine but maybe you have some allergy to one of the ingredients used as a filler in the drug. maybe they ll make you a batch of the drug without that filner it. it can come in handy in a case like that. but compounding drugs is a delicate business with life and death consequences. there has been trouble in that industry over the past few years. in 2012, there was a huge problem. a compounding pharmacy in massachusetts sent out contaminated batches after steroids that were meant for spinal injections. that botched medication gave