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Nathan Birnbaum

  • A 35 mg liquid dose of methadone. The drug is the oldest and most effective of approved medications used to treat opioid addiction.
    Local News
    Addiction treatment to be required in NM prisons
    Nash Jones
    People in New Mexico state prisons are unable to access medication for addiction treatment unless they’re pregnant— even if they had been on medication before being incarcerated or were transferred from a handful of county jails that provide it. A new state law is going to change that.
  • File photo of a secure patient treatment room at a correctional health care facility
    Local News
    Doctor pushes for NM to require lockups to provide substance use treatment
    Nash Jones
    People incarcerated in New Mexico have limited access to medication-assisted treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. A bill expected to be introduced in the upcoming legislative session would change that by making it state law for all corrections facilities in the state to consistently provide it. Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center Dr. Nathan Birnbaum treats patients returning home from prison and jail and has been working to get the bill in front of lawmakers.