/tags/overdose-prevention overdose prevention en-US Copyright Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:07:56 GMT /UNM_project-echo-core-community-overdose-response-education-virtual-training-narcan-naloxone-opioid-overdose-prevention The University of New Mexico’s Project ECHO has connected professionals around New Mexico, and the world, to health education using virtual training for decades. But it’s now offering training to teach everyone in New Mexico how to respond to an opioid overdose and how to properly administer naloxone. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:07:56 GMT /UNM_project-echo-core-community-overdose-response-education-virtual-training-narcan-naloxone-opioid-overdose-prevention Daniel Montaño /local-news/2018-07-25/state-launches-new-campaign-to-target-opioid-abuse There are about 1.7 million opioid prescriptions written every year in New Mexico. The state still has a problem with opioid related deaths, but the… Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:03:12 GMT /local-news/2018-07-25/state-launches-new-campaign-to-target-opioid-abuse /public-health-new-mexico/2016-04-05/independent-pharmacies-stock-naloxone Ads raising awareness about the overdose-reversing drug naloxone will be appearing on the sides of buses around Albuquerque. It’s available… Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:20:35 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-04-05/independent-pharmacies-stock-naloxone Marisa Demarco