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Opioid overdoses spike in Springfield

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From Wednesday through Friday last week, authorities responded to 20 overdoses in the area.

Two deaths were confirmed in the sudden spike of overdoses.

Prior to the spike, 42 overdose deaths had been reported to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department in 2019.

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