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Hardin County coroner reports rise in drug-related deaths, detects new 'designer' drugs
Summary
Coroner Pat Elmore told the Hardin County Fiscal Court the office handled 1,178 cases last year and reported an increase in drug-related deaths and detection of newer substances such as xylazine and designer opioids.
Coroner Pat Elmore presented the office’s annual report at a February fiscal court meeting and said the coroner’s office handled 1,178 cases last year, including 78 accidents, five homicides, 71 natural deaths and 18 suicides.
“Elmore said the coroner’s office handled 1,178 cases last year,” Elmore added, listing modes of death and noting that overdoses remain the leading cause of accidental deaths.
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