Overdose Deaths Hit Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican Community Hard as the City Remains Divided on How to Respond
March 2, 2026
Luis Arturo Valdez, PhD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a March 2 Philadelphia Inquirer article about how families in Kensington and beyond are grappling with a fentanyl overdose crisis shaped by migration, disinvestment and a public health response that many say has failed them.
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