OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE STILL A BIG PROBLEM IN NEW MEXICO…BUT WE’RE NO LONGER IN THE TOP TEN NATIONALLY. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT A SURGE IN OVERDOSE FATALITIES ALONG THE EAST COAST HAS DROPPED NEW MEXICO TO 12TH PLACE.
THERE WERE 50 FEWER FATAL OVERDOSES IN NEW MEXICO IN 2016 THAN THERE WERE TWO YEARS EARLIER. BUT THERE ARE STILL PROBLEM AREAS. RIO ARRIBA COUNTY HAD A RATE OF 90 DEATHS PER 100-THOUSAND, MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE.
