N.M. Stat. § 61-11-31
Custodial care facilities; acquiring and possessing
controlled substances.
A. A licensed custodial care facility that is authorized to provide medically monitored
withdrawal management that is under the supervision of a consulting pharmacist and
has nursing staff on-site twenty-four hours per day, three hundred sixty-five days per
year, may acquire, stock, maintain and have in the facility's possession dangerous
drugs, including controlled substances to be used for withdrawal management
purposes, in accordance with board rules.
B. As used in this section, "controlled substance" means a drug, substance or
immediate precursor enumerated in Schedules III and V of the Controlled Substances
Act.