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Since then, Alabama has become the first state to develop a nitrogen hypoxia execution protocol in addition to lethal injection.
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Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
While nitrous oxide has legitimate medical uses, recreational use carries significant risks:
Oxygen deprivation: Inhaling nitrous oxide displaces oxygen in the lungs, leading to hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Sep. 2024
Nitrogen hypoxia is a controversial method allowed only in a handful of U.S. states that essentially aims to asphyxiate the prisoner with a gas mask devoid of oxygen.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Mississippi and Oklahoma are the other states to have approved execution by nitrogen hypoxia.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
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Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
While nitrous oxide has legitimate medical uses, recreational use carries significant risks:
Oxygen deprivation: Inhaling nitrous oxide displaces oxygen in the lungs, leading to hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Sep. 2024
Nitrogen hypoxia is a controversial method allowed only in a handful of U.S. states that essentially aims to asphyxiate the prisoner with a gas mask devoid of oxygen.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Mississippi and Oklahoma are the other states to have approved execution by nitrogen hypoxia.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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hypoxia
noun
hyp·ox·ia
hip-ˈäk-sē-ə 
hī-ˈpäk-
hī-ˈpäk-
: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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