Video games release dopamine just like drugs do, which could make it difficult to stop playing or maybe even recognize that it has become a problem.
Category: Healthy New Mexico
Preparing for Monkeypox
More than 800,000 doses of the vaccine have been distributed in the United States however UNM has no plans of distributing the vaccine on campus.
Blind Drunk: An Emergency Hiding In Plain Sight
Alcohol attributable deaths are higher in New Mexico than anywhere else in the country.
Curanderismo Gaining Steam?
By Rayes Gallegos / New Mexico News Port Body on fire, lungs lathered in a light complected forest green mucus and the fatigue of a sprinter completing a marathon. Tightly compressed into the covers of my grandmother’s bed I was dealing with a cold. Soup and liquids kept me replenished but the smell of vinegar… Continue reading Curanderismo Gaining Steam?
Real conversation with a struggling alcoholic
“All of a sudden a beer turns to two, then two shots,” says Brigid’s dad, a struggling alcoholic, in this raw family exchange.
Psychedelic-assisted therapy comes to New Mexico
By Annya Loya / New Mexico News Port Some New Mexicans living with severe depression, anxiety and similar conditions now have another treatment option: psychedelic drugs. Psychiatrists are now able to prescribe the anesthesia drug ketamine in small doses that researchers say have powerful therapeutic effects. Other drugs such as MDMA, also known as ecstasy,… Continue reading Psychedelic-assisted therapy comes to New Mexico
New generation of Latinos confronts generational trauma
A new generation rejects the traumas handed down from parents and grandparents. Read — and listen — as we take a deep dive into generational trauma within Latino, Chicano and Hispanic families.
Survivor shares struggle with addiction and prostitution
Sex work pays for the drugs and the cycle is hard to break. News Port’s Junko Featherston introduces us to someone who has overcome a 20-year struggle to get clean and find joy in life.
Goodbye Tampon Tax
By Michaela Helean / New Mexico News Port New Mexicans will no longer have to pay state gross receipts tax on products such as pads and tampons starting in July, when the bipartisan “Tampon Tax” cut goes into effect. The tax cut was part of a package of economic relief measures passed by the state… Continue reading Goodbye Tampon Tax