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§ 24-2C-5 NMSA 1978

Program

Known as the Harm Reduction Act

The act spans §§ 24–24 (6 sections).

Laws 1997, ch. 256, § 5; 2022, ch. 4, § 3.

The harm reduction program shall provide participants with:

A. sterile hypodermic syringes and needles in exchange for used hypodermic syringes, needles or other objects used to inject controlled substances or controlled substance analogs into the human body;

B. other objects used to prepare or consume controlled substances or controlled substance analogs;

C. supplies or devices used for testing controlled substances or controlled substance analogs for potentially dangerous adulterants;

D. supplies or devices approved by the department for distribution in accordance with rules established pursuant to Subsection E of Section 24-2C-4 NMSA 1978;

E. education on the prevention of:

(1) the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B and C; and

(2) drug overdose mortality and other negative health outcomes; and

F. referral to substance abuse treatment services.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.