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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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Letter to the Editor: An Anti-Addiction Pill
Benoit Denizet-Lewis (June 25) carefully lays out the evolving scientific approach to treating addiction, and it is promising. The treatment field is at a crossroads. We should find ways to integrate pharmacology with psychological and behavioral interventions so that...
Still Wack
New York Newsday By Rocco Parascandola Twenty years after the height of the crack epidemic, Keith Haring's simple message still speaks loudly It was just another act of graffiti in East Harlem. It even said so on Keith Haring's $25 summons. But when then-Parks...
Lessons Learned from a Drug Scourge
New York Newsday By Sheryl McCarthy When Richard Curtis was living on 119th Street at Fifth Avenue in 1987, life in the East Harlem neighborhood could be described in just a few words. "It was Crack Central," he says. The cheap new form of cocaine that had...
Letter to the Editor: Medical Marijuana, Pro and Con
To the Editor: As a treatment provider, I support the Food and Drug Administration's dismissal of medical benefit from marijuana. Regardless of the heated political debate that swirls around this issue, the fact remains that despite the Institute of Medicine's claim...
Odyssey House Announces Major New Funding For Smoke-Free Program
The New York State Department of Health has awarded Odyssey House a $450,000 grant to help substance abusers in recovery reduce or abstain from smoking. The Odyssey House Case Management Smoking Cessation program is a step-by-step intervention that addresses the...
Our Spring 2006 newsletter is now available!
The Spring 2006 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...
Going the Distance
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Odyssey House Expands Mental Health Programs for Patients with SPMI
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Balding, Wrinkled, and Stoned
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Letter to the Editor: Truth, the Whole Truth and Memoirs
In response to this article. To the Editor: Whether or not the author James Frey had a root canal without anesthesia, or spent three days, three months or three years in jail, his depiction of the anguish of addiction and the personal strength required to live...
Old Habits
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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...