New Mexico

New Mexico’s bold step: public funding brings psychedelic therapy into reach

lukej May 4, 2026 No Comments

Emerging therapies like psychedelics have shown promise in clinical research for relieving psychological distress and suffering experienced at the end of life. There is true cause for optimism around the…

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Harold Bailey: A Champion for Civil Rights in New Mexico

lukej January 21, 2025 No Comments

Dr. Harold Bailey, President of the NAACP Albuquerque Branch and a community leader, died on Monday, January 13, 2025, at the age of 78. For over five decades, Dr. Bailey…

An Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying – New Mexico

lukej August 8, 2024 No Comments

New Mexico Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a terminally ill, mentally competent adult patient voluntarily requests and receives a prescription medication…

Updated Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying State Packets

lukej August 7, 2024 No Comments

Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to…

For New Mexico Providers

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

For New Mexico Providers Information for clinicians on the whole spectrum of end-of-life options (including medical aid in dying) is available at the Clinician Resources page.‘About the New Mexico Elizabeth…

About the New Mexico Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

About the New Mexico Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act The New Mexico Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act authorizes medical aid in dying. Medical aid in dying is a safe and…

History of the New Mexico Campaign

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

History of the New Mexico Campaign Compassion & Choices, the Compassion & Choices Action Network and the New Mexico End-of-Life Options Coalition made history with the passage of the Elizabeth Whitefield End…

lukej February 27, 2024 No Comments

Norma Vazquez de Houdek

lukej October 5, 2023 No Comments

Norma Vazquez de Houdek is a retired program coordinator at the New Mexico Department of Health. Having witnessed many different kinds of deaths and approaches to planning for the end…

State: New Mexico