A generation ago, the state's legislature set alcohol taxes at a few pennies per drink and hasn’t changed them since.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
The more people are exposed to poor air quality on the Mesa, the sicker they become over time — dealing with allergy symptoms, breathing issues and, for some, even lung disease.
Kidney failure afflicts Pacific Islanders at much higher rates, but for reasons that some say amount to discrimination, they don’t get transplants as often.
Air pollution from blowing dust on the Nipomo Mesa is hitting people of color and low-income folks especially hard.
Hiki i ka hana ke kāpae i ka huakaʻi hoʻoluhi a hoʻēmi i ka paʻapū ʻana ma nā kikowaena hoʻomaʻemaʻe koko e nui aʻe ana ma ka mokuʻāina.
Over 73,000 residents who could benefit from treatment to reduce their alcohol consumption are not getting it, more than people addicted to all other substances combined.
As violence in New Mexico spikes, state leaders overlook alcohol’s integral role.
In New Mexico’s war on DWI, the relentless focus on drunk drivers misses the bigger problem of addiction.
Drinking kills New Mexicans at a far higher rate than anywhere else in the nation, and the crisis is escalating.
When it comes to drinking, how much is too much?