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By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph police have been seeing more and more dangerous overdoses, such as the one that led to the death of a Chillicothe teen earlier this week.St. Joseph Police Chief Chris Connally says opioid overdoses have become such a problem concerned citizens have begun holding an annual opioid awareness event each August at Civic Center Park. Connally made a point to attend this year."The more powerful part of the event was some of those that have overcome opioid problems speaking about what it took to overcome opioid problems, the things that made a difference in their life to help them get on the right track to turn it around," Connally tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline.Connally says the counterfeit drugs, such as those found in the system of the 17-year-old Chillicothe girl, are often laced with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.Connally says opioid addiction is a terribly difficult addiction to break."There's a lot of very c

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