On April 2nd, WWAV, VOTE, LPHI & the Drug Policy Alliance are hard at work planning our “New Directions, New Orleans: Toward a Health-Based Approach to Drug Policy” Summit at Dillard University! More information to be released soon!!!
Hot off the Press: Addressing Louisiana Policy From a Harm Reduction Standpoint
Women With a Vision, New Orleans Trystereo Syringe Distribution, and NO Overdose Baton Rouge are working toward providing harm reduction resources and policy advocacy across the state of Louisiana. Let us keep you connected to legislative news and action alerts with our new joint newsletter! Sign up to receive them at: nolaharmreduction@gmail.com. And download the […]
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 […]
Legislative Watch: WWAV Heads to State Capitol In Support of Good Sam and Naloxone Access Bills
The 2014 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature opened in March, and it’s been an active legislative session already for Women With a Vision as staff headed to Baton Rouge this month for legislative hearings in support of two bills surrounding harm reduction and overdose prevention. WWAV has campaigned for 911 Good Samaritan legislation and […]
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 […]