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Native Communities Lead on Vaccination

Correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci over videoconference.

March 5, 2021 – Tribal nations across the United States have been hit hard by COVID-19. Leaders and health care officials have pointed to disproportionate infection rates among Native Americans due to a number of disparities in health and socioeconomic factors: shared housing, lack of indoor plumbing, limited access to health care, elevated underlying health…

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Recreational Cannabis Roadblocks

Close-up of cannabis leaf.

March 5, 2021 – In this excerpt from the Growing Forward podcast, hosts Andy Lyman and Megan Kamerick talk to Emily Kaltenbach of the New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance about potential sticking points for recreational cannabis legislation in the New Mexico Legislature—namely home grows and plant limits, as well as the specifics of how to…

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