Dr. Jeanne Beno, Chief Toxicologist for the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office, talks about the factors that are considered when determining the cause of death in an overdose case. She explains that most of the cases her office investigated involve multiple drug use. Among the 94 overdoses investigated in Monroe County in 2014, nearly half had fentanyl in their systems—a strong opioid drug.
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