by oh-admin | Apr 15, 2009 | events, teens, theater project
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by oh-admin | Apr 9, 2009 | Odyssey House news
Law & Order came to Odyssey House last week to film a few scenes from an upcoming episode, “Skate or Die.” The set designers transformed the Mabon building into an area at Riker’s Island and a homeless shelter. To accommodate the shoot, Mabon staff planned a...
by oh-admin | Apr 2, 2009 | community, Outpatient Services
Clients at Outpatient Services received a special gift yesterday – encouragement bracelets from elementary schoolchildren in the Bronx. Talya Moncrease’s first-grade class at P.S. 130 participated in a lesson on appreciating differences and overcoming obstacles. The...
by oh-admin | Mar 25, 2009 | commentary, Dr. Peter Provet, drug laws, public policy
Today, the New York Times published an article (“To Trim Costs, States Relax Hard Line on Prisons”) on the increasing number of states relying on alternatives to incarceration as a means of cutting costs. Eventually it had to stop. The fact that hard economy reality...
by oh-admin | Mar 18, 2009 | commentary, Dr. Peter Provet, drug laws, public policy
As Governor David Paterson moves to overhaul New York State’s Rockefeller drug laws, legislators, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials need to throw their weight behind an established treatment program that offers so much more than just an alternative to...
