Little Dog’s classmate in Hartford, Connecticut. Xavier is killed when he flips his Nissan while high on fentanyl; he is one of five of Little Dog’s peers to die because of opioid drug abuse. Like most of Little Dog’s friends, Xavier illustrates the pervasiveness of opioid abuse in 21st-century American society, and his death further underscores the tragedy of addiction.
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Part 3
...his friends are dead from drug overdoses. “Five,” Little Dog corrects himself, “if you count Xavier who flipped his Nissan doing ninety on a bad batch of fentanyl.” Little Dog doesn’t...
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