History and Lobbying on NM Alcohol Legislation

1.12.24 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, we open our show with an issue we’ve been following over the past couple years — the state’s nation-leading alcohol-related death rate. In this first of two special roundtable conversations, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks the panelists to break down a new Common Cause New Mexico report that provides even more context on the issue and the Legislature’s decades of failures to address it. 

Correspondent: Lou DiVizio 

Guests: 
Sindy Bolaños-Sacoman, executive director, SBS Evaluation & Program Development Specialist LLC  
Steve Terrell, retired reporter, Santa Fe New Mexican  
State Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D), District 16 

For More Information: 

“Still Under the Influence: A Look at the Alcohol Industry and Its Influence on New Mexico Elected Officials” – Common Cause New Mexico 

“Still Under the Influence – CCNM’s Report on the Alcohol Industry” – Common Cause New Mexico 

“Blind Drunk” – New Mexico in Depth