In today’s New York Times, Dr. Peter Provet, Odyssey House President & CEO, responds to a recent article [“One Year Inside a Radical New Approach to America’s Overdose Crisis,” by Jeneen Interlandi (Opinion, Feb. 26)], and accompanying editorial [“America Has…
On March 31, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act. Under this law, New York State (NYS) became the 15th state to legalize recreational use of marijuana. There are, however, many unknowns as far as how the system will…
Below, Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet comments on an article in the New York Times about the pandemic’s impact on the opioid epidemic. “‘The Drug Became His Friend’: Pandemic Drives Hike in Opioid Deaths” (News, Sept…
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King Jr., April 16, 1963 As we witnessed the horrific death of Mr. George Floyd, killed on the streets of Minneapolis by a white police officer while fellow officers looked on, we were all speechless in shock, sadness, and…
In today’s New York Times, Mary Callahan, Odyssey House Senior Director of Outpatient Services, responds to a recent article about training children how to administer naloxone. To the Editor: “Teaching Children in the Bible Belt How to…
Below, Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet comments on an article in USA Today (“As marijuana-induced psychosis rises, parents say treatment for young people hard to find,” Jan. 6). A recent article illustrates a fallacy about marijuana: that it is fundamentally safe, or at least,…