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Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances. This is meant to reduce risk ...
BeWellNM. New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange, otherwise known as BeWellNM, is the health insurance marketplace for the U.S. state of New Mexico. The exchange enables people and small businesses to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates. On Jan 15, 2015 Mike English reported on Albuquerque Business First more than 40,000 ...
The current 36,800-square-foot (3,420 m 2) library building [5] : 1 at 200 E. Picacho Avenue was constructed in 1979 [3] : 93 on the site of the former Lucero School (1942–1963). [6] : 2 The architects were Dean and Hunt Associates Ltd of Albuquerque. The building was dedicated December 9, 1979, [6] The 1935 library building is now the Branigan Cultural Center [3] : 8 and is on the National ...
On Sept. 8, 2023, the New Mexico Department of Public Health banned open and concealed carry of firearms in New Mexico cities via a public health order backed by Lujan Grisham, a move was ...
The largest municipality by population in New Mexico is Albuquerque with 564,559 residents or approximately 26.7% of the state population. [1] The smallest municipality by population is Grenville with 22 residents. [1] The largest municipality by land area is also Albuquerque which spans 187.73 sq mi (486.2 km 2 ), while Virden is the smallest at 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km 2 ). [2]
Human occupation of New Mexico stretches back at least 11,000 years to the hunter-gatherer Clovis culture. [1] They left evidence of their campsites and stone tools. After the invention of agriculture, the land was inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans, who built houses out of stone or adobe bricks. They experienced a Golden Age around AD 1000, but climate change led to migration and cultural ...
New Mexico's 3rd congressional district serves the northern half of New Mexico, including the state's Capital, Santa Fe. The district has a significant Native American presence, encompassing most of the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Nation, situated in the northwest corner of the state, and most of the Puebloan peoples reservations. [2] The current Representative is Democrat Teresa Leger ...
Eastern New Mexico University opened in Portales in 1934 as Eastern New Mexico Junior College, and has since grown to become the third-largest university in the state. The area is one of the largest producers of Valencia peanuts in the United States and is the nation's top producer of certified organic peanut butter. Portales is home to about 40 dairies and a major US dairy solids plant ...