Drugs

The New Mexico primary elections are just around the corner on June 2nd. But potential candidates who are running for office had to turn in their nominating petition signatures by March 10th; this is known as “Filing Day.” KUNM spoke with Democratic Representative Michelle Paulene Abeyta who is Diné and also represents District 69 about how this works.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sent 50 state police officers to Albuquerque this summer to fight escalating violent crime. Public records show there wasn’t…

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…

San Juan County is joining a lawsuit against opioid companies to get back the money it’s spent on combating the opioid crisis there.The average cost of…

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been criticized in recent years for running undercover sting operations that lead to…

Rio Arriba County has the country’s highest rate of opioid overdose. That’s partly because a severe shortage of funding for detox and recovery programs…

It’s expensive and it takes years to get a new drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. So researchers at the University of New Mexico are…

The rate of drug overdose deaths—nationally and statewide—is racing up the charts, echoing HIV trends of 30 years ago, according to the CDC. That’s why…

The number of people who are behind bars in America is much bigger than it was 40 years ago. In fact, it’s five times higher. That means a lot more…

New Mexico has led the nation in drug overdose deaths for the past few decades. With rates around twice the national average, overdoses here account for…