STATE OFFICIALS REPORT SOME IMPROVEMENT IN A PROBLEM PLAGUING NEW MEXICO. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THERE WERE ALMOST 500 DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN NEW MEXICO IN 2015. BUT THAT WAS CONSIDERABLY FEWER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH LYNN GALAGHER SAYS SHE’S ENCOURAGED BY THE NINE PERCENT DROP IN OVERDOSE DEATHS, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS FURTHER.
THE HEALTH DEPT SAYS OVERDOSES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF INJURY DEATH IN NEW MEXICO…EXCEEDING THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES.
