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ZITO: The Opioid Crisis: No One’s Fault And Everyone’s Fault

Salena Zito

CANTON, Ohio — Despite his gaunt frame and sunken eyes, he walks with a distinct swagger down Tuscarawas Street. At the intersection with Cherry Street, he turns and faces the road with a blank stare. The ink on his neck and hands suggest he’s spent time in prison. There are small faint bruises on one arm.

His eyes dart back and forth; he is clearly agitated as he heads toward a McDonald’s parking lot, the same McDonald’s where police tried to revive Christopher J. Burris from a drug overdose with two doses of naloxone last September. It took two more doses from paramedics to save him.

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