May 6, 2009

Health Secretary Adds Severe Chronic Pain with Specific Criteria to Medical Cannabis Program

(Santa Fe) – Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil, MD, announced today that the New Mexico Department of Health is adding severe chronic pain to the Department’s Medical Cannabis Program. To qualify, patients must have objective proof of severe chronic pain (X-rays, CT scans, MRIs) and receive two recommendations, one from their primary care physician and one from a specialist consulting on their case. Medical cannabis must be patients’ treatment of last resort because no other medication has provided relief. (Read More) (Spanish)

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May 5, 2009

Health, Public Education Departments Advise No Reason to Close Schools for Health Reasons Local Schools Districts to Decide How, When to Reopen 16 Closed Schools

(Santa Fe) – Based on new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Public Education Department announced today that school closures in New Mexico are no longer necessary for health reasons. Local school districts will need to decide when and how to best reopen the 16 schools previously closed in Socorro, Deming, Carlsbad, Lordsburg and Veguita due to probable cases of H1N1. (Read More)

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May 4, 2009

Health, Public Education Departments Close La Promesa Elementary School in Veguita, NM Department of Health Receives Confirmation on Socorro County Cases

(Santa Fe) – The New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Public Education Department announced today that La Promesa Elementary School in Belen Consolidated Schools will close May 5 through May 11 due to a probable case of H1N1 influenza. This is a probable case that the Department of Health is already investigating. The school is located in Veguita, New Mexico, south of the city of Belen in Socorro County. (Read More)

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