Get Supplies
We offer supply kits for safer injection, smoking, and snorting, as well as condoms and education about drug use and health via our two weekly drop-ins and text hotline.
The best way to get supplies from us is to visit one of our weekly drop-ins.
WEEKLY DROP-INS
Mondays 5:30 – 7:00 PM
St. Claude and Caffin at the Fred Hampton Free Store
Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Duncan Plaza (Gravier & Loyola) in front of City Hall
We can also plan deliveries or meetups for supplies through our text message hotline at 504-535-4766*
*We are NOT an emergency service. If you are experiencing a mental health or drug-related crisis, please contact the 24/7 crisis response team.
we provide the following supplies:
Syringes are needles used to inject medicine and/or substance intravenously, or “within a vein”. Many users prefer using syringes because the affect of the substance is faster and more intense than other methods of consumption. Because of the usual preference of syringes, it is important to Trystereo to promote access to sterile syringes to reduce potential harm in our communities of people who use drugs.
Our glass selection includes roses, hammers, and bubble pipes! Some users prefer snorting and/or smoking substances as opposed to injecting them, as the resulting sensations’ speed and intensity is different.
Moreover, some harm reductionists argue that the use of glass rather than syringes reduces risk of illnesses and injuries that can result from unsafe injection. Again, this is why safe syringe access programs like Trystereo are so important!
“Works” describes two types of kits: points works kits (for syringe or IV injection) and smoke works kits (for smoking or snorting with glass). These include the additional supplies that are useful in facilitating safer drug use.
Points works kits include: alcohol prep pads, tourniquets, cottons, cotton bags, waters, and cookers.
Smoke works kits include: rubber mouthpieces, alcohol prep pads, wipes, wooden push sticks, and lip balm.
Test strips allow for the person using a drug to test it for chemical compounds such as fentanyl, so that they can make an informed decision about using that substance. We provide test strips at drop-ins as well as through hotline drop-offs with our other safer use supplies!
Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, is used to reverse the effects of an opiate to prevent lethal overdose. We provide both nasal naloxone and intramuscular injections naloxone.
In addition to safer drug use supplies, we also supply participants with hygiene supplies, underwear, socks and basic wound care supplies.
other ways to get supplies:
New Orleans Syringe Access Program at CrescentCare
Bulk exchange every
Wednesday: 12 – 4 pm,
Matching bulk disposals of 300-500 syringes every Friday: 12 – 5 pm
1631 Elysian Fields Ave.
Women With A Vision
Monday – Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
(504) 302-8822 (call or text)
1226 N. Broad
Odyssey House Louisiana S.A.F.E.R.
Syringe Access For Everyone, REALLY!
Monday – Friday: 8 am – 5pm
(504) 418-4955
2830 Bell St New Orleans LA, 70119
Check their calendar to see where they will be in the community distributing various health services here.
OTHER REGIONAL SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAMS
Alexandria: CLASS
Monday – Thursday – 8 am – 4:30 pm
Friday – 8 am – 4 pm
1785 Jackson St.
Alexandria, LA 71301
Baton Rouge: Capitol Area Reentry Program, Inc. (CARP)
Monday- Thursdays 10 am – 3pm
Field Distribution available upon request
Contact Robert Young at (225) 936-9707
1364 Swan Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70807
(225) 775-7988
Shreveport: Philadelphia Center
2020 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, LA, 71104
(318) 222-6633
A NOTE ON LEGALITY
Wait… so syringes are legal in Louisiana?
Yes and no. While syringe services programs (SSPs) like Trystereo are explicitly authorized to operate, syringes themselves are considered drug paraphernalia, even if acquired from a SSP. Therefore, it is legal to distribute syringes, but it is not legal to possess syringes.