Dr. Peter Provet urges lawmakers to reconsider legislation requiring welfare recipients to take drug tests and calling instead for greater treatment and prevention funding. States consider drug testing welfare recipients” prompts the question: Why stop at poor people who receive public benefits? For example, why not test all…
In a letter to The New York Times, Dr. Peter Provet urges municipalities that collect taxes from medical marijuana businesses to direct some of that additional revenue to under-funded treatment and prevention programs. To the Editor: “Struggling Cities…
Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet responds to NJ Governor Chris Christie’s remarks on compulsory treatment for incarcerated drug offenders in his State of the State speech…
Dr. Peter Provet, president of Odyssey House, responds to a recent article on the steep increase in daily marijuana use among high school students. To the Editor: Re “Regular Marijuana Use by High School Students Hits New Peak,…
In his letter in today’s New York Times, Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet comments on a recent article that discusses efforts by medical schools to increase physician training in addiction treatment. To the Editor: While addiction has been recognized as a brain disease for…
At the Odyssey House Family Centers of Excellence, we treat a range of women with substance use disorders, including those who are pregnant, have recently given birth, or are taking care of young children. In his letter in today’s New York Times, Dr. Peter…