Download New Directions Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2015 Contact: Desiree Evans Office: 504-301-0428 Email: desiree@wwav-no.org WWAV Joins National and Local Drug-Reform Advocates in Hosting a One-Day Conference to Chart a Health-Based Approach to Drug Policy Louisiana Leads Nation in Incarceration Rates; Prison Population Has Doubled in Last 20 Years, With Staggering Racial […]
Women With a Vision Hosts screening of “The House I Live In,” Winner of Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival
Download Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2015 Contact: Desiree Evans Office: 504-301-0428 Email: desiree@wwav-no.org Women With a Vision Hosts screening of “The House I Live In,” Winner of Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival Documentary Offers Poignant and Disturbing Look at Devastating Impact of War on Drugs on Families and Communities NEW […]
Press Release: Louisianan Given 13-Year Prison Sentence for Possession of Two Marijuana Cigarettes
Amicus brief by Drug Policy Alliance Highlights Why Sentence is Cruel & Unusual and Urges Louisiana Supreme Court to Review Mr. Noble’s Sentence NEW ORLEANS—The Drug Policy Alliance filed an amicus brief Wednesday urging the Louisiana Supreme Court to review the egregious prison sentence of Bernard Noble, a 48-year old man who was sentenced to […]
Highlights From the 2013 International Drug Policy Reform Conference
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 […]