Struggling to keep pace with the mounting death toll from fatal opioid overdoses, medical examiners across the U.S. are skipping some autopsies and pleading for funds to hire more staff. The stress is most acute in places like New England and the Rust Belt, where overdose deaths from heroin and more potent synthetic narcotics such as fentanyl have soared. Rising caseloads are delaying answers for grieving families, putting offices’...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 03, 2017 12:00 UTC