drug use

A study done last year found that seven out of 10 pills sold on the street contain potentially lethal doses of synthetic drugs. Over 150 people nationwide die every day from these substances, like fentanyl or xylazine. A new harm reduction initiative in the Albuquerque music scene aims to help educate and protect people from these fates.

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.

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) will be holding a rapid hiring event next Saturday September 23, 2023 hoping to fill over 40 positions. This comes after the department has rallied for months for more money to hire staff and now has a new mandate to test wastewater at schools.