Behavioral Health News, Summer 2024 By Peter Provet, Ph.D. President & CEO, Odyssey House As the leader of Odyssey House, one of the largest non-profit residential and outpatient treatment providers in New York City, I have witnessed firsthand the growing need for specialized services tailored…
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USA Today By Dan Morrison Hunter Biden’s addiction to crack cocaine was so bad, he recalled, that he alienated his children and his famous father despite their repeated attempts to help. It was so bad that he lived among a pool of sleazy hangers-on in grimy…
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…
In today’s New York Times, Dr. Peter Provet, Odyssey House President & CEO, responds to a recent article about tackling the opioid epidemic. To the Editor: Re “New Hope for an Epidemic,” by Jeneen Interlandi (Opinion essay,…
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…