/tags/methadone Methadone en-US Copyright Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:27:06 GMT /NM-DOH-department-of-health-to-offer-suboxone-methadone-mat-moud-alcohol-recovery-medications-at-public-health-offices State officials presented Wednesday to lawmakers details on a pilot program that will dispense medications for treating substance use disorder at public health offices. The New Mexico Department of Health has already been providing prescriptions to be filled elsewhere, but this is the first time they will be offering the medications themselves. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:27:06 GMT /NM-DOH-department-of-health-to-offer-suboxone-methadone-mat-moud-alcohol-recovery-medications-at-public-health-offices Daniel Montaño /local-news/2022-11-29/advocates-urge-lawmakers-to-expand-access-to-opioid-treatment-in-nm-jails State prisons are required under the U.S. Constitution to provide “adequate medical care” to those they incarcerate. However, prisons in New Mexico and 16 other states do not provide inmates with medication for opioid addiction, and neither do most of its county jails. Advocates are calling on lawmakers to expand this treatment in New Mexico lockups in the upcoming legislative session. Wed, 30 Nov 2022 01:55:27 GMT /local-news/2022-11-29/advocates-urge-lawmakers-to-expand-access-to-opioid-treatment-in-nm-jails Nash Jones