Another factor that makes inventory different from other assets is that its usefulness can actually diminish over time. Cash, for instance, maintains its usefulness to you over time.
Lethal injection is done by using three chemicals. The chemicals are usually sodium thiopental (an anesthetic), pancuronium bromide (used to paralyze the person being injected), and potassium chloride (to stop the heart so that the person being injected dies).
Ohio Scraps Drugs Used in Troubling Lethal Injection. Ohio has scrapped an execution-drug combination used in last year's lethal injection of Dennis McGuire, who appeared to gasp for air during the 26 minutes it took him to die, and is returning to an old protocol.