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Personal Experience With Heroin And Opiates Drives Advocates To Help Others

Two men sitting at a table in front of a city.

August 26, 2015 – Heroin addiction is a rising concern across the United States, including here in New Mexico. NMIF correspondent Stan Wilson sits down this week with Demian Rubalcaba from the Center for Family and Adolescent Research and drug policy analyst and advocate Harris Silver, MD to talk about how heroin and opiate addiction has impacted their lives. They…

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The Line: Distributing Naxalone in New Mexico

A syringe of naloxone sits next to a box.

July 24, 2015 – The number of people who are abusing heroin and prescription drugs is rising across the country, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The drug naxalone is an effective way to reduce the number of people who die from drug overdoses each year. Is it being…

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