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Pfizer blocks use of its drugs for executions

The company is "enforcing a distribution restriction" for products that some states have considered for their lethal injection cocktails.
A man walks past Pfizer World Headquarters, Nov. 23, 2015 in New York. (Photo by Mark Lennihan/AP)
A man walks past Pfizer World Headquarters, Nov. 23, 2015 in New York.
By Corky Siemaszko, Corky Siemaszko
The Pfizer drug company took steps Friday to make sure its products don't wind up in the deadly cocktails states use to execute prisoners.