More than 1,200 people in Georgia died of a drug overdose in 2014, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To keep up with the increase in these cases, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Medical Examiner’s office in south DeKalb County is spending $4.5 million to expand its morgue and office space.
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