NMDOH: Overdose deaths declined in New Mexico in 2023

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico health officials announced on Tuesday that overdose deaths declined in the state in 2023.In 2022, New Mexico had 997 overdose deaths. That number fell to 948 overdose deaths in 2023. In 2021, the New Mexico Department of Health reported 1,029 deaths. “These decreases are welcome news, but there is still much more to do to reduce the problem of substance misuse in New Mexico,” said NMDOH Interim Secretary Gina DeBlassie in a new