/tags/methadone Methadone en-US Copyright 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 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