CAP Member Leads Effort to Fight Opioid Abuse in New Mexico

Dr. Richard Larson of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, works with law enforcement to curb "insidious problem"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Billboards, a new website and a speakers’ bureau were among the tools to fight heroin and prescription drug abuse announced Friday by U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez as part of the HOPE Initiative. There were 540 drug overdose deaths in New Mexico in 2014 and 90 percent involved heroin or prescription painkillers. “The number of overdose deaths is the tip of the iceberg,” Martinez said. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that there