FROM THE ARCHIVE
Heroin overdoses continue in N.M.
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MAY 15, 2001

Law enforcement and health officials are again responding to rising cases of heroin overdoses in the northern New Mexico County of Rio Arriba.

The deats are centered in the Española Valley area of the county. Española is located next to and within a few miles of the Pueblos of San Juan, Santa Clara, Pojoaque, and Tesuque.

The county leads the state in per capita drug overdose deaths while the state overall needs the nation.

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Española Overdoses on the Rise (The Albuquerque Journal 5/15)