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On December 7, 1982, Texas became the first U.S. state and territory in the world to use lethal injection to carry out capital punishment, for the execution of [[Charles Brooks, Jr.]]<ref name = "groner">{{cite journal |author=Groner JI |title=Lethal injection: a stain on the face of medicine |journal=BMJ |volume=325 |issue=7371 |pages=1026–8 |year=2002 |pmid=12411367 |doi=10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1026 |pmc=1124498}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/dr_facts.html |title=Death Row Facts |publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice |access-date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630121403/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/dr_facts.html |archive-date=June 30, 2012 }}</ref>
The [[People's Republic of China]] began using this method in 1997, [[Guatemala]] in 1996, the [[Philippines]] in 1999, [[Thailand]] in 2003, and [[Taiwan]] in 2005.<ref name="uk"/> Vietnam first used this method in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://vietnewsonline.vn/News/Politics/16818/Vietnam-to-replace-firing-squads-with-lethal-injections.htm |title=Vietnam to replace firing squads with lethal injections |publisher=Viet News Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221121639/http://www.vietnewsonline.vn/News/Politics/16818/Vietnam-to-replace-firing-squads-with-lethal-injections.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://talkvietnam.com/2012/10/lethal-injections-to-replace-guns-in-november/ |title=Lethal injections to replace guns in November |date=October 23, 2012 |publisher=TalkVietnam |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423162101/http://www.talkvietnam.com/2012/10/lethal-injections-to-replace-guns-in-november/ |archive-date=April 23, 2014 |df=mdy-all |access-date=November 29, 2012 }}</ref> The Philippines abolished the death penalty in 2006, with their last execution being in 2000. Guatemalan law still allows for the death penalty and lethal injection is the sole method allowed, but no penalties have been carried out since 2000 when the country experienced the live televised double executions of [[Amilcar Cetino
The export of drugs to be used for lethal injection was banned by the [[European Union]] (EU) in 2011, together with other items under the EU Torture Regulation. Since then, [[pentobarbital]] followed [[thiopental]] in the European Union's ban.
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