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At Odyssey House, we believe in transparency, community, and celebrating progress. Our News Archive is a place where you can explore the stories that have shaped our work—milestones in recovery, moments of advocacy, community events, and the voices of those we serve.
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Our Winter 2005 newsletter is now available!
The Winter 2005 edition of Odyssey House News is now available online. Read about our services for relapse-prevention, Odyssey House's marathon runners and new initiatives with teens. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments or on...
Rookie Marathoners Trade Addictions
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Lessons for the Long Run
Our Fall 2005 newsletter is now available!
The Fall 2005 edition of Odyssey House News is now available online. Read about our renovated medical clinic, latest art show, new services and more. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments or on our Facebook wall. Click here to read it (pdf). If...
Letter to the Editor: Crying Wolf About Meth Abuse?
To the Editor: John Tierney ("Debunking the Drug War," column, Aug. 9) is right that "America has a serious drug problem." The problem is so serious, however, that the danger of overdramatizing the potential of a methamphetamine epidemic is worth risking a loss in...
Odyssey House Develops Pathways to Housing Initiative with $2 Million Grant from SAMHSA
New Initiative Will Provide Treatment and Housing Services for Homeless People in Recovery from Substance Abuse Odyssey House has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop its Pathways...
Art Shows to Span the Summer
Calling It Quits
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Senior Drug Addicts Increasing
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For Recovering Addicts, a Holiday Hurdle
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks (NEW YORK) David Sykes is sending out Christmas cards for the first time in 10 years. A recovering addict, he says he finally feels healed enough to enjoy the holidays. "The holidays have always been somewhat sad for...
Letter to the Editor: Drug Law Reform
It took too long and didn't go far enough, but New York State lawmakers have at last taken the crucial first step in reforming the harshest drug laws in the country ("Hard-won reforms," News, Dec. 8). I applaud these reforms, but I am concerned that billions of...
Our Winter 2004 newsletter is now available!
The Winter 2004 edition of Odyssey House News is now available online. Read about our new family treatment center, art gallery, and more. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments or on our Facebook wall. Click here to read it (pdf). If you’d like to...
National Political Leaders Support Odyssey House Relapse Prevention Strategy
Holiday Season Is ‘Bermuda Triangle’ For Potential Substance Abuse Relapse White House Drug Czar And Odyssey House President Unveil Strategy For Maintaining Recovery Treatment experts call it the “Bermuda Triangle” of potential drug and alcohol relapse. The holiday...
Illegal Drug Use: A Hidden — and Growing — Problem Among Older Americans
Newhouse News Service By Chuck McCutcheon Crime and Punishment The five men seated around a basement table, trading talk about grandchildren and doctors' bills, could be mistaken for ordinary retirees. But then they tell their stories: "I started taking...
Our Fall 2004 newsletter is now available!
The Fall 2004 edition of Odyssey House News is now available online. Read about our outpatient services, latest art show, new playground and more. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments or on our Facebook wall. Click here to read it (pdf). If...
New Outpatient Service Treats Seniors with Substance Abuse Problems
Odyssey House ElderCare Outpatient Program addresses `hidden epidemic' of drug and alcohol abuse among older Americans. Innovative program made possible by $200,000 grant from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation. Latest U.S. census report predicts...
A Second Look
City Limits By Phyllis Vine Making art has long been part of healing for addiction and mental illness. At a gallery in East Harlem, it's something more, too: the artists' vision for the future. It was an art opening unlike most in New York. In East Harlem, in the...
Letter to the Editor: Time and Punishment
To the Editor: "Freed From Prison, but Still Paying a Penalty" (news article, Dec. 29) exposes the draconian effects of a criminal justice system whose focus on tough punishment leaves little room for rehabilitation. While punishment for criminal behavior is...
Leading Non-Profit Organization: Odyssey House
Work Life Matters By Peter Provet, Ph.D. Family focused treatment rebuilds communities As one of today's leading providers of substance abuse and mental health treatment, Odyssey House offers a broad range of services focused on helping individuals and...
Surviving and Thriving
New York Newsday By Jeff Pearlman Three young women who have learned, at last, how to be good – make that great –mothers The moment Mabel McCormick hit rock bottom occurred exactly 27 months ago, on a frigid February evening when nothing –absolutely, positively...
Bush’s Drug Plan: A Violation of Church-State Divide?
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks Wanda Haskins believes she's fully qualified to head up a successful drug-treatment program. The reason is simple: "Been there, done that," says the former crack addict. Although the Virginia native has no formal...
Today’s More Flexible TC Benefits Diverse Populations
Addiction Professional By Peter Provet, Ph.D. The therapeutic community (TC) model of substance abuse treatment is at an important crossroad in its evolution. Approximately 45 years old, this self-help model was developed to treat single, adult heroin addicts in...
Keep Marijuana Illegal — For Children’s Sake
Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow By Peter Provet, Ph.D. The debate over the legalization of marijuana is of paramount importance to treatment providers, healthcare professionals, educators, criminal-justice officials, families, and the millions of American men, women...
Drug Testing of Adolescents Could Backfire
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly By Peter Provet, Ph.D. Earlier this summer, the United States Supreme Court ruled that broad-based drug testing in public schools is constitutional. When the justices reached this momentous decision, most of the nation's school kids...
Kicking the Habit (Sort of): Is Abstinence a Losing Battle?
The Wall Street Journal By Tara Parker-Pope For many people who smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol, abstinence seems impossible. Now doctors and public-health officials are debating whether it's even always necessary. A number of medical researchers now believe that...
Start Chewing may be Tobacco Option
The New York Sun By Julia Levy Harm Reduction To Be Topic At Health Symposium If all current smokers in America switched from cigarettes to smokeless tobacco products, 80 times fewer people a year could die of tobacco related illnesses within one generation, an...
Jobs Elude Former Addicts
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks (NEW YORK) Throughout the job interview, Georgia Evans waited anxiously for the question to be asked: Have you ever had a drug or alcohol problem? When it wasn't, she didn't volunteer the information. It was a...
Letter to the Editor: Mental Health Models
To the editor: Re "Voiceless, Defenseless and a Source of Cash" (front page, April 30): For too long, the suffering of the mentally ill, some of whom are addicted to drugs, has been someone else's problem. Deinstitutionalization was the right thing to do in the...
Illicit Drug Use Grows Among Elderly
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks Susie Richardson is not your average recovering addict. She was 50 years old when curiosity got the better of her and she tried crack cocaine. The result was a "devastating" addiction that for 10 years robbed her...
Drug Strategy Must Address Needs of Different Populations
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly By Peter Provet, Ph.D. With some fanfare, President Bush announced his national drug control strategy this week. Propelled by an opportunistic association between drug use and terrorism, President Bush did what many presidents before...