In the wake of President Trump’s just-released plan for escalating deadly drug war policies, WWAV is redoubling our efforts. For thirty years, we have taken a Black feminist approach to harm reduction in the south. We know that the people we stand with hold their truths in their stories; they also hold the solutions. We […]
Statement: Addressing Louisiana Policy from a Harm Reduction Standpoint
Addressing Louisiana Policy from a Harm Reduction Standpoint Women With a Vision, Inc., New Orleans Trystereo Syringe Distribution, and No Overdose Baton Rouge are Louisiana-based organizations that support people who are currently using drugs and want to be safer about their drug use. We’re harm reductionists: we help our participants reduce the harms of drug […]
Join WWAV in Working to Prevent Overdoses!
At Women With a Vision, we stand in solidarity with all who have lost a loved one to drug overdose. So many of these deaths are preventable, and our communities need access to the tools and information to save lives. The recent death of the respected and well-loved actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was a wake-up […]
Statement on the Rise of Deadly Overdoses in the New Orleans Metro Area
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2013 Contact: Desiree Evans Women With a Vision Office: 504-301-0428 Statement on the Rise of Deadly Overdoses in the New Orleans Metro Area WWAV Calls for the Passage of Good Samaritan 911 Legislation in Louisiana By Catherine Jones, MD A recent article in the The Times-Picayune entitled, “Heroin fuels surge […]
WWAV Highlights from the 2013 Southern Harm Reduction Conference
Last month, more than one hundred harm reductionists and drug policy advocates gathered in New Orleans for the Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference. The conference was an amazing opportunity for groups across the region and nation to come together to learn about and discuss how drug policy impacts marginalized populations and our community […]