/tags/opioid-addiction opioid addiction en-US Copyright Tue, 11 Feb 2025 03:22:16 GMT /MAT-Medication-assisted-treatment-for young-people-youth-juveniles-adolescents-bill-nm-new-mexico-passes More adolescents might have access to Medication Assisted Treatment, or MAT, for substance use disorder thanks to a bill that passed committee on a party line vote Friday. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 03:22:16 GMT /MAT-Medication-assisted-treatment-for young-people-youth-juveniles-adolescents-bill-nm-new-mexico-passes Daniel Montaño /local-news/2023-08-23/santa-fe-center-to-boost-opioid-treatment-options-in-mckinley-county Access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction is limited in New Mexico, but particularly in rural communities. The Santa Fe Recovery Center is hoping to change that in northwest New Mexico’s McKinley County with the help of a sizable federal grant. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:43:43 GMT /local-news/2023-08-23/santa-fe-center-to-boost-opioid-treatment-options-in-mckinley-county Nash Jones /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 /public-health-new-mexico/2019-11-07/abq-organizers-discuss-opioid-stigma-accessibility Dozens of organizations around New Mexico help folks who are addicted to opioids. The Bernalillo County Community Health Council is one of them. Council… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:08:31 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-11-07/abq-organizers-discuss-opioid-stigma-accessibility May Ortega /public-health-new-mexico/2019-11-01/overdose-prevention-drug-to-be-prescribed-with-opioids Hundreds of New Mexicans die from opioid overdoses every year. A new law went into effect this summer that requires patients who are getting prescriptions… Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:48:23 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-11-01/overdose-prevention-drug-to-be-prescribed-with-opioids May Ortega /public-health-new-mexico/2019-09-03/lets-talk-decriminalizing-addiction Let's Talk NM 9/5, 8a: Communities across New Mexico are trying a new approach to substance use disorder: having law enforcement work with service… Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:26:06 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-09-03/lets-talk-decriminalizing-addiction Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2019-08-05/lets-talk-recovery-from-opioid-addiction Let's Talk New Mexico 8/8, 8a: Call in now 505-277-5866. New Mexicans trying to kick an addiction to opioids have limited places to go for treatment.… Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:50:42 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-08-05/lets-talk-recovery-from-opioid-addiction Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2019-05-14/feds-award-600k-to-n-m-agencies-for-rural-opioid-response Three New Mexico agencies are getting $200,000 each to plan responses to the opioid crisis in rural parts of the state. One will use the funding to do… Wed, 15 May 2019 01:17:59 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-05-14/feds-award-600k-to-n-m-agencies-for-rural-opioid-response Hannah Colton /local-news/2019-04-08/documentary-film-follows-health-providers-in-northern-n-m Getting healthcare in rural areas can be really difficult. There aren’t enough doctors and smaller communities often struggle with poverty and… Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:37:32 GMT /local-news/2019-04-08/documentary-film-follows-health-providers-in-northern-n-m Megan Kamerick