generate questions: In the 2010s, American jurisdictions have experienced a shortage of lethal injection drugs, due to anti-death penalty advocacy and low production volume. Hospira, the only U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental, stopped making the drug in 2011. The European Union has outlawed the export of any product that could be used in an execution; this has prevented executioners from using EU-manufactured anesthetics like propofol which are needed for general medical purposes. Another alternative, pentobarbital, is also only manufactured in the European Union, which has caused the Danish producer to restrict distribution to U.S. government customers.
What death penalty drug ceased to be manufactured in 2011? {sep_token} Up until 2011, who manufactured sodium thiopental? {sep_token} What is the nationality of the company that makes pentobarbital? {sep_token} Along with anti-death penalty advocacy, why has there been a shortage in drugs for lethal injections in the United States? {sep_token} The EU outlawed the export of products that could be used in what activity?