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Rural New Mexico struggles to prevent treat drug overdoses / Public News Service

More than 1,000 New Mexicans die from drug overdoses each year, and while there s been a slight drop in overdoses from opioids nationwide, it s mostly offset by those from cocaine and other stimulants. James Besante, chief medical officer at the Santa Fe Recovery Center, said the opioid crisis is evolving - sometimes described as "waves." Now in its fourth wave, he said the nearly 4% decrease reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is good news, but doesn t reflect what he s seeing on the ground. He noted that it s common that multiple drugs are involved in overdose deaths. .

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