Substance Use Treatment in Albuquerque, NM

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

What Does Veterans Affairs Medical Center Offer?

Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a substance use treatment facility at 1501 San Pedro Street SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, offering detox, residential treatment, intensive outpatient and outpatient treatment. It accepts private insurance and TRICARE. Medication treatment: buprenorphine and naltrexone.

1501 San Pedro Street SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Veterans Affairs Medical Center

  • Outpatient
  • Residential/24-hour residential
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment
  • Residential detoxification
  • Long-term residential
  • Short-term residential

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance

Medication Treatment

  • Buprenorphine detoxification
  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Relapse prevention with naltrexone
  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
  • Acamprosate (Campral®)
  • Disulfiram
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
  • Clonidine

Detox Services

  • Alcohol Detoxification
  • Benzodiazepines Detoxification
  • Cocaine Detoxification
  • Methamphetamines detoxification
  • Opioids detoxification

Who the Program Serves

  • Veterans
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors
  • Accepts: Female
  • Accepts: Male

Licensing and Accreditation

  • The Joint Commission

Treatment Approaches

  • Anger management
  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Contingency management/motivational incentives
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Matrix Model
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Professional interventionist/educational consultant
  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge
  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training
  • Case management service
  • Domestic violence services, including family or partner
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Transportation assistance
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • STD testing
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
  • Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
  • Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to choose a rehab you can trust lists the questions to ask when you call, and addiction treatment in New Mexico lists the state's treatment agency.

Other Treatment Facilities Near Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Albuquerque treatment page.

NM Department of Health, Albuquerque

5400 Gibson Boulevard SE, Box 13, Albuquerque, NM 87108 · 0.2 mi

505-841-8978 x4

  • Detox
  • Residential treatment
  • Hospital inpatient care
  • Intensive outpatient
  • Outpatient treatment
  • Buprenorphine
  • Naltrexone
  • Medicaid
  • Private insurance
  • Sliding fee

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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