Substance Abuse Data
New Mexico continues to suffer from the negative consequences of substance abuse. The Substance Abuse Epidemiology Section aims to survey substance use and mental health conditions through available data sources, disseminate information and identify the most effective and proven prevention strategies.
- Substance Abuse and Related Reports
- Drug-Related Reports
- Alcohol-Related Reports
- Mental Health-Related Reports
- Other Resources
- Substance Abuse-Related Publications
- Substance Abuse-Related MMWRs
Reports of the Substance Abuse Epidemiology Section
Substance Abuse and Related Reports
2004
- Burden of Substance Abuse in New Mexico 2004
- Burden of Substance Abuse Slide Presentation
- New Mexico Social Indicator Report, 2003
2005
2010
2011
Drug-Related Reports
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Alcohol-Related Reports
2005
2007
- The Economic Cost of Alcohol Abuse in New Mexico, 2007
- Chronic Liver Disease Mortality, New Mexico 1981-2004 (Part I)
2009
- Chronic Liver Disease Mortality, New Mexico 1981-2004 (Part II)
- Policy Brief: Next Steps to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm in New Mexico
- The Human and Economic Cost of Alcohol Abuse in New Mexico, 2006
2012
Mental Health-Related Reports
2008
Other
Resources
Indicator-Based Information System (IBIS)
Alcohol and Drug Indicator pages:http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/home/Welcome.html
Alcohol-Related Prevention: http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/docs/Evidence/EvidenceBasedExcessiveAlcoholUsePrevention.pdf
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
The Community Guide to Prevention, Alcohol: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol/index.html
Unintentional Poisoning: http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/index.html
Persons Who Use Drugs: http://www.cdc.gov/pwud/
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse: http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHome.html
National Institute of Mental Health: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh.htm
Harm Reduction Coalition: http://www.harmreduction.org/index.php
Substance Abuse-Related Publications
Landen MG, Castle S, Nolte KB, Gonzales M, Escobedo LG, Chatterjee BF, Johnson K, Sewell CM. (2003) Methodological issues in the surveillance of poisoning, illicit drug overdose and heroin overdose deaths in New Mexico. American Journal of Epidemiology, 57(3): 273-278.
Shah N, Lathrop SL & Landen MG. (2005) Unintentional methadone-related
overdose death in New Mexico (USA) and implications for surveillance,
1998-2002. Addiction, 100(2), 176-188.
Mueller MR, Shah N &
Landen MG. (2006) Unintentional prescription drug overdose deaths in New
Mexico, 1994–2003. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(5),
423-429.
Woerle S, Roeber J, Landen MG. (2007) Prevalence of alcohol dependence among excessive drinkers in New Mexico. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(2), 293-298.
Shah N, Lathrop SL, Reichard RR
& Landen MG. (2008) Unintentional drug overdose death trends in New Mexico
(USA), 1990-2005: combinations of heroin, cocaine, prescription opioids and
alcohol. Addiction, 103(1), 126-36.
Substance
Abuse-Related MMWRs
CDC (2005) Unintentional deaths from drug poisoning by urbanization of area – New Mexico, 1994-2003. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54(35), 870-874.
CDC (2007) Types of
alcoholic beverages usually consumed by students in 9th-12th grades--four
states, 2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 56(29), 737-740.
