The New Orleans International Drug Policy Reform Conference is the Biggest Harm Reduction Event of 2007

HRC at DPA 2007 Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans, LA December 5-8, 2007 www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=121856 The New Orleans International Drug Policy Reform Conference is the biggest Harm Reduction event of 2007. Town Hall Meeting - Evening Session What's up and what's on with our community right now and where are we going? Allan Clear, Bernie Lieving, Wyndi Anderson, Rona Taylor, Hilary McQuie, Luciano Colonna, Daniel Raymond, Donald Davis, Corey Davis, Sharon Stancliff, Phillip Fiuty, Andy Ko, Caitlin Padgett, Terri Hurst, Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis, Patrick Kroupa, Roseanne Scotti, Paula Santiago, and Tyler Fisher will be sifting publicly through the wreckage of our lives. Fed Ban Teach-In The Fed Ban has got to go! This year the DC ban was lifted. What can we do around the Dems, Labor HHS, Obey, full committee, Hill visits, and in-district meetings? Confused? Come to the teach-in to get informed and mobilized. Hilary McQuie & Daniel Raymond Workshops Buprenorphine: Thinking Outside the Box - Bup has been abysmally marketed in the US. It's a great medication but are your exchangers getting access to it? Sharon Stancliff Hepatitis C Integration - Eliminate blood borne HCV and HIV will also be eliminated. Yet we spend our time educating injectors about HIV whilst paying lip service to HCV. Learn how to fully integrate the message. Donald Davis & Narelle Ellendon Opiate Overdose - Too many preventable deaths happen among our opiate users. Many needle exchange programs are helping to save lives by distributing narcan and teaching rescue breathing. Learn how to save lives too. Caroline Rath & Lauren Enteen Law Enforcement - Police harassment of drug injectors isn't going away. We have to work with law enforcement for the sake of our programs and our participants. Get the skinny. Corey Davis & Basha Closic Other harm reduction panel topics and invited speakers at the conference: Hidden Histories of Harm Reduction - Caroline Acker, Sheigla Murphy, Allan Clear Integration of Harm Reduction into Government - Roseanne Scotti, Daliah Heller, Bernie Lieving, Kasia Malinowska Juvenille Justice and Harm Reduction Ibogaine - Howard Lotsof, Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis, Dana Beal, Patrick Kroupa Drinking Age of Youth and Harm Reduction Drug Cultures in Post-Katrina New Orleans - Implications for Harm Reduction Youth Engagement training - Caitlin Padgett Beyond Zero Tolerance - Chuck Ries For more information contact Rona Taylor @ [email protected]