Only those with some taste for deep rock, who managed to reach a suitable vein of it, would survive.

The execution had to be delayed by two hours, because of difficulties locating a suitable vein for the injection.

On occasion, there have also been difficulties inserting the intravenous needles, sometimes taking over half an hour to find a suitable vein.

It took medical staff, with Rector's help, more than fifty minutes to find a suitable vein.

The state later attributed the difficulty in finding a suitable vein to Rector's heavy weight and to his use of an antipsychotic medication.

The curtains separating witnesses from the execution chamber were then closed for more than a half-hour while technicians tried to find a second suitable vein.

The execution team turned to a doctor, who had come only to certify the death, in order to find a suitable vein for the IV.

It didn't take long to clean the arm, wrap the tourniquet around it and find a suitable vein.

It describes with an eye for detail the rituals of heroin, the cooking up and the search for a suitable vein.

He felt the stainless-steel nose sniff out a suitable vein.