NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Should New Mexico raise its alcohol taxes? That’s a question New Mexico lawmakers are considering ahead of the 60-day legislative session coming up this winter. On Friday, experts ...

Attributing alcohol’s elevated harms to genetics also ignores the vastly unequal historical experience of Native people, from the conquest of New Mexico that stripped tribes of their land, to the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Would higher taxes on alcohol reduce alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico? University of New Mexico researchers say yes. But the state hasn’t changed the way it taxes ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico decreased in 2023 for the second consecutive year, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. In 2023, NMDOH reported 1,896 ...

STOP. NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS WANT TO COMBAT ALCOHOL RELATED ISSUES, BUT AS SASHA LENNINGER SHOWS US, THAT COULD IMPACT YOUR WALLET. THE NEXT TIME YOU GRAB A GLASS OF WINE OR EVEN A MARGARITA OR A PINT ...

Drinking kills people in New Mexico at a higher rate than any other state, including those that consume less alcohol and where fewer people drink. Plain and simple, alcohol is more dangerous here than ...

Alcohol kills New Mexicans at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country — and no one can fully explain why. New Mexicans die of alcohol-related causes at nearly three times the national average, ...

New Mexico is a violent state. It ranks among the worst for women murdered by men, child abuse and neglect are almost twice as common as they are nationwide, and its rate of suicide is one of the ...

Las Cruces, NEW MEXICO (KVIA) -- According to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), alcohol-related deaths decreased in 2023 for the second consecutive year. NMDOH released a report showing the ...

At a 12-steps meeting in Albuquerque’s foothills, one of hundreds held each week statewide, there were cowboys, Anglo women in golf shirts, and Hispanic day laborers. A woman without housing asked ...