New Mexico Has Had the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rate in the Nation for Most of the Last Two Decades
SANTA FE –(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2016. Today, an opioid overdose prevention bill that sailed through the New Mexico State Legislature with unanimous support was signed by Governor Susana Martinez. House Bill 277 was sponsored by Rep. McMillan, R-Las Cruces. The new law allows for the possession, distribution and storage of an opiate overdose antidote (Naloxone…






