• @[email protected]
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    -1213 days ago

    The part you’re missing is that potassium chloride used to be used in the lethal injection. Somehow it still has a lower LD50 than sodium chloride.

    • @[email protected]
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      1813 days ago

      How was that alluded to in the OP? Eating it isn’t the same as injecting it. It’s a normal ingredient in electrolyte drinks and rehydration salts. It’s also prescribed for hypokalemia.

      • @jj4211
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        112 days ago

        It’s what plants crave

      • @captainlezbian
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        112 days ago

        Also yes hyperkalemia is really effective at killing as is hypernatremia. This is not only known but also evolved around. Your body works pretty hard to ensure you don’t ingest so much of either ion that you develop these conditions.

        • @iCy619
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          212 days ago

          Well, let’s hope the doctor doesn’t prescribe enough, that their hypokalemia develops into hyperkalemia.

    • @calcopiritus
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      912 days ago

      I would be surprised if water isn’t used in lethal injections.