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Every drug-related death is supposed to be investigated with an autopsy by the medical examiner’s office. But less than half of the people in New Hampshire who died of a suspected drug overdose received an autopsy this year.
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Due to staffing shortages plaguing medical examiner’s offices nationwide, New Hampshire is performing autopsies on less than half of its drug overdose deaths.
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The state medical examiner’s office is dealing with a heavy workload amid the opioid crisis and staffing shortages. Its case load has nearly doubled in…