/tags/drug-enforcement-agency Drug Enforcement Agency en-US Copyright Fri, 05 May 2023 23:39:04 GMT /local-news/2023-05-05/nm-senator-leads-call-for-dea-to-make-opioid-addiction-medication-easier-to-access New Mexico’s senior U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich is leading a bipartisan call for the Drug Enforcement Administration to make the opioid addiction medication buprenorphine more accessible. In a letter to the agency this week, the group of senators argue the DEA needs to be more transparent about its policies. Fri, 05 May 2023 23:39:04 GMT /local-news/2023-05-05/nm-senator-leads-call-for-dea-to-make-opioid-addiction-medication-easier-to-access Nash Jones /local-news/2019-04-25/dea-take-back-day-aims-to-collect-leftover-prescription-drugs Hundreds of people die each day from drug overdoses around the country. This Saturday is National Take Back Day, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is… Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:44:29 GMT /local-news/2019-04-25/dea-take-back-day-aims-to-collect-leftover-prescription-drugs /public-health-new-mexico/2017-11-18/balderas-wants-congress-to-repeal-prescription-drug-law Attorneys general across the country are claiming that a 2016 law is preventing the Drug Enforcement Agency from stopping the overprescribing of opioid… Sat, 18 Nov 2017 18:11:37 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-11-18/balderas-wants-congress-to-repeal-prescription-drug-law Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-13/reclassification-of-pain-meds-could-prevent-overdoses The federal government has tightened restrictions on prescription hydrocodone combo drugs to try to reduce overdoses. That could be good news for New… Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:37:53 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-13/reclassification-of-pain-meds-could-prevent-overdoses