Greater New Orleans Drug Demand Reduction Coalition

Greater New Orleans Drug Demand Reduction Coalition GNODDRC is a citizen-driven, strategic approach with the purpose of drug prevention in the community Our overall goals include:
1.

Compelled by the growing perils of drug abuse that effect the health and safety of our citizens as well
as the quality of life in our community, a diverse group of committed individuals came together during her summer
of 2011 and formed the Greater New Orleans Drug Demand Reduction Coalition (GNODDRC). The Coalition meets regularly and works tirelessly in an effort to realize its following mission

. Promote healthy, safe and drug free youth, families and community.
2. Heal those who are dependent on alcohol and other drugs to fully restore their health, dignity and safety.
3. Enhance the public safety by reducing the supply of drugs, disrupting the illegal drug market and deterring illegal
drug use by adults and youth. Our measurable targets over the next five years include:

reduce…
illicit drug use in New Orleans
non-medical use of prescription drugs
under-age drinking
drug related crime
drunk and drugged driving deaths
drug related child abuse and neglect
drug overdose deaths

Some of our youth participated in CADCA’s Advocacy, Policy, and Photovoice training today to bring skills back to not on...
02/22/2024

Some of our youth participated in CADCA’s Advocacy, Policy, and Photovoice training today to bring skills back to not only the coalition but to our community.

CADCA training on Youth Advocacy today in Baton Rouge, LA
02/21/2024

CADCA training on Youth Advocacy today in Baton Rouge, LA

According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) study, men are 2-3 times more likely to die from overdoses than wome...
12/14/2023

According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) study, men are 2-3 times more likely to die from overdoses than women. In 2022 and first half of 2023, white males, aged 30-40, had more overdoses than any other group by age or race.
Jefferson Parish Coroners Office reported 214 drug related deaths in 2022. Fentanyl was detected in 92% of those deaths.

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11/21/2023

Stay informed! Stay Involved!

06/16/2016

Big news this week. The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is encouraging area residents to clean out their medicine cabinets and dispose of unwanted prescription medications. Click on the link below to find out more!

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NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is encouraging area residents to clean out their medicine cabinets and dispose of unwanted prescription medications.

03/29/2016

This weds! Join as we explore how incarceration and the war on drugs impacts women in More than Your Collateral Consequence: Women, Incarceration & the War on Drugs

WHEN: March 30, 2016
WHERE: RAE House, 1212 St. Bernard Ave. in New Orleans
TIME: 6:00-8:00PM

The U.S. Drug War has had a devastating impact on women and families, who have been greatly affected by harmful policies and laws. But so often the impact on women and girls is invisibilized. Join WWAV as we explore the consequences of America’s longest war, highlighting the ways women and girls have been directly impacted and continue to suffer at the hands of the state.

Refreshments will be served.

03/25/2016

Cheaper and far more potent, the synthetic painkiller is becoming the drug of choice for some addicts — and is killing them more quickly.

03/18/2016

It is wise indeed to know what kind of education you need. FirstLine Schools

Photograph by Sean Ambrose

03/17/2016
03/15/2016

Efforts to increase access to naloxone, the medication that quickly and effectively reverses opioid overdose, have increased markedly over the past several years. These expansions have been met with nearly universal acclaim from public health leaders, medical professionals, and elected officials fro…

03/15/2016

ABC News' David Muir's special report on the he**in epidemic in America.

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