/tags/drug-dependency drug dependency en-US Copyright Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:45:30 GMT /news/2024-06-20/new-drugs-increasing-presence-in-new-mexico-brings-even-more-threats-to-opioid-epidemic A nonprofit in Albuquerque has seen a sudden increase in the animal tranquilizer Xylazine being used as an adulterant in street drugs. It carries several negative side effects, including possible rotting flesh, and uncontrollable sleeping from which the victim cannot be woken. Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:45:30 GMT /news/2024-06-20/new-drugs-increasing-presence-in-new-mexico-brings-even-more-threats-to-opioid-epidemic Daniel Montaño /public-health-new-mexico/2018-12-13/newborn-drug-dependency-cases-tripled-in-a-decade-in-n-m The number of babies born dependent on drugs in New Mexico more than tripled between 2008 and 2017 according to new data from the state Department of… Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:45:32 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2018-12-13/newborn-drug-dependency-cases-tripled-in-a-decade-in-n-m May Ortega /local-news/2018-02-01/shifting-the-way-we-think-about-addiction-and-pregnancy An Albuquerque police officer was honored in front of the whole country during the State of the Union address earlier this week. While on duty, he met a… Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:14:27 GMT /local-news/2018-02-01/shifting-the-way-we-think-about-addiction-and-pregnancy Marisa Demarco