Dear friends, Last week, across the globe, communities celebrated International Human Rights Day. Here in New Orleans, WWAV made a commitment to continue to use our strength and power to build a better world. We have made so much progress this year thanks to our supporters and allies who have stood at our side as […]
“Syringe exchange programs are not legal in the state of Louisiana. So for 22 years, [Women With A Vision has] operated underground. And I say “underground” only because I can’t just pull up in a car or a van and just set up and have people line up so they can get what they need.” […]
For the 2013-2014 academic year, WWAV is thrilled to have Timothy Craft from Tulane University’s School of Social Work joining our team. As our community organizing intern, Tim will be furthering WWAV’s ongoing commitment to challenge criminalization by supporting the communities most affected in working together to realize the harm reduction and drug policy changes […]
The movement to end the War on Drugs is a movement that grows stronger every day. In preparation for the Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference here in New Orleans this week, check out highlight’s from this fall’s International Drug Policy Reform Conference held in Denver, Colorado, where more than 1,100 drug policy reformers […]
Louisiana has one of the highest per capita overdose rates in the nation, ranking 11th overall. Last year alone, 15 out of every 100,000 persons in Louisiana died due to accidental overdose. Nationally, 100 people in the United States die every day due to overdose and overdose deaths have become the number one cause of accidental […]