June 8, 2004 Save Treatment for DWI
Offenders!
 Write
your House Member NOW!!
House E-Mail Address
Write ALL members of the
HOUSE here.
Tuesday or Wednesday of this week is
the-Last Day this bill can be called to full house-we need your
continued help opposing this bill that kills the mandate for
treatment for 3rd and 4th DWI offenders.
SB 679-Chaissson
Oppose--bill to go to the Full
House-If language is not changed--
(we want the mandate for treatment to remain)
We support
HB 549-Baldone--as long as the mandate for treatment remains in
place
Treatment is working for those currently mandated
See the OAD study
 LA Legislature Live-In
Tuesday.
Outside of Baton Rouge? Can't Get off work to
attend and support efforts?
Watch the Video Online
MORE:
People in Louisiana
Want
Treatment and Education for DWI
offenders-they want to keep what is working in place and
exapnd that to earlier offenses where possible. In other
words, why why would we remove treatment as a mandate when it is
working to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on the highway?
We do want to see treatment expanded and that more services are
offered, and that is what
Rep
Baldone's HB 549 will do- This bill was successful in
passing the committee and is currently going to the full House for a
vote. HB 549 authored Rep Baldone
and supported by Rep Odinet- as it expands the law he passed in 2001
that has been reducing recidivism for impaired drivers---and that
MADD has tried to kill for two years now despite the 70% success
shown in maintaining recovery for persons by law mandated to
treatment for 3rd and 4th offenders.
 CADA
2004 Survey
HISTORY:
Our testimony supporting
recovery- death of this bill and tricks to bring it back to life
Watch the Video
of how this
bill died in committee but was brought back once we (the opponents)
left the room believing this bill was finished for the session.
ONLINE WITH REAL PLAYER
http://house.louisiana.gov/rmarchive/Ram/RamMay04/CJmay05.ram
Once everyone had left believing that of course this bill was dead,
and the Committee had moved on to the "Cloning Bill" and the chair
instructed those their for the "cloning" bill to set up their power
point presentation, we felt comfortable leaving the capital.
That is when Rep Bruce, announced she would like to "revote" on the
SB 679 originally voted down (dead bill).
Get more info on
"Solutions for DWI"
Download HopeNetworks
PowerPoint on Louisiana DWI Laws and Needed Changes
Repeals Substance Abuse Counselor Certification and enacts the
Addictive Disorders Practice Act
See
SB 875 (Formerly SB 336)
Senator McPherson
This bill has Passed unanimous in
the Senate and has now been sent to the House for action.
"The purpose of this bill is to move the field of professionals
forward to meet the needs across our state"
DHH Asst Secretary, Michael Duffy, Office for
Addictive Disorders
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Members of the Senate
SB 549
This bill to end discrimination in
healthcare insurance coverage of addiction treatment is currently on
the "To be called" list in the Senate.
Your Senator needs to hear from YOU- this bill won't go to the floor
without support from all of us!
Download the "2004 Parity Bill"
Provides for Substance Abuse Treatment to be
covered at same levels as other like chronic diseases are covered.
Understand more about Parity from Louisiana's own Dr. Ken Roy.
Health Insurance Coverage for our nation's
number one public health problem!
Update HB 1535
Big Alcohol says "NO" to toll free
alcohol helpline .
HB 1535- Watch the Video from the House Judiciary Committee
Summary 1535:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:
Provides for a toll-free hotline for alcohol abuse
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If you have "Real Player" Installed click
HERE TO view this hearing in
House
Judiciary
on June 2, 2004 -Turning our Helpline into one more "Study".
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download
here
History:
Rep Crowe who authored this bill, after experiencing several deaths
in his district from alcohol poisoning and injury to create a toll
free statewide Alcohol Hotline.
Alcohol poisoning, addiction, domestic abuse, car crashes, crime,
dwi you name it are all attached to alcohol abuse, and this hotline
would be posted at the point of sale and on billboards across the
state.
This Bill was in memory of
Cory Domangue, a LSU student who died from alcohol poisoning
this past October, and his family (a family in recovery) wants to
see a hotline available to encourage people to seek help for alcohol
related crisis, this number may have saved Cory's life had the
underage people with him had basic information and a resource to use
when concerns appeared.
The alcohol industry totally turned this into something that it was
not. They are so skilled at this. We should expect
nothing less from them, as they are well entrenched, well funded,
and have one purpose- too make money.
AG Crowe who authored this bill believed that the costs were a
problem, and had been working with the industry to try and get them
to contribute to the cost of operating this hotline (cleaning up
their mess in our communities or at least assisting with the costs)
After Rep Crowe tried to work with the alcohol industry, and
believed that they were acting in good faith to assist in forming
this much needed hotline law and establishing a fund for its
operation, they show up to the House Judiciary Committee and OPPOSE
the bill.
Louisiana-Tax Payers
Alcohol Costs to Louisiana
This bill was
then turned into a study, by Rep White, and we will follow this and
report back.
In short Big
Alcohol ambushed Rep Crowe, in an effort to keep us from taking
action, we have learned our lesson on this! This industry can
not be trusted, and we will continue to push to help those who can't
help themselves, as well as the youth of this state, this industries
best customers!
See
the Video on Corey Domangue-
Cory Cared
READ THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE
LOUISIANA'S -BEER LOBBY
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