This is a great starting point to get more information! Whether you are educating yourself on some of our initiatives such as syringe service programs, naloxone access or the Good Sam law in Nevada or building a lobby packet to inform your legislators. We are collecting materials to keep everybody as educated as possible!
Important Documents for Naloxone Access and the Good Samaritan Law:
- PHASA’s position statement on Senate Bill 459
- PHASA letter of support (sign on as an individual or an organization)
- Press Release Applauding the Governor and Senator Kieckhefer, and Assemblyman Sprinkle
- Template to use to write about these issues to your legislators
- White Paper
Important Documents for Syringe Access
- BDR 451 NEVADA – Revises Provisions Governing Sterile Syringe Access and Needlestick Prevention
- Public Health Indicators and Syringe Access in Nevada Fact Sheet
- Heroin and Nevada – Seizures and Arrests One Sheet
- PHASA Alliance Agreement
- Here is a letter from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health & Human Services on the issue
- Draft Legislation
- 77th Nevada Legislative Session
- 2011 amfAR article on Syringe Access Services and Law Enforcement
- Abstract Sheet: A comparison of syringe disposal practices among injection drug users in a city with versus a city without needle and syringe programs
- FAQ Sheet on Increasing Syringe Access and Needle Stick Prevention
- Cost Effectiveness of syringe exchange programs (Harm Reduction Coalition, 2010)
- Syringe service programs as the conduit into substance abuse treatment – Reference list
Write a Letter to Your Legislator now:
- Find your legislator here: Click Here
- Tailor this letter to your representative and email/mail it to them: Click here for a template letter
- Don’t forget to send one letter to your senator and one letter to your assemblyman/woman
