Addiction medication scripts going unfilled in Northern NM
ESPAÑOLA — Ronnie Flores feels more comfortable on the streets talking to people who are using drugs than he does talking to the people in the hospital who are treating
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ESPAÑOLA — Ronnie Flores feels more comfortable on the streets talking to people who are using drugs than he does talking to the people in the hospital who are treating
Sen. Martin Heinrich and Sen. Ben Ray Luján were part of a grout that sent a letter in May to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration asking officials to remove barriers
Government controls on a lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder have dissuaded doctors from prescribing it, and pharmacies from carrying it.
Advocates are optimistic the New Mexico Legislature will change a law during the upcoming legislative session to allow nurses to administer methadone, a barrier they say is making it harder to help th...
The uptick in rural overdose deaths coincides with health care worker shortages, including of pharmacists.