by oh-admin | Nov 9, 2009 | Dr. Peter Provet, in the news, public policy
Associated Press national feature story, “Expanding Drug Treatment: Is US Ready to Step Up?,” was picked up by more than 240 news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR and the Los Angeles Times. In the article, Odyssey House President Peter...
by oh-admin | Aug 26, 2009 | commentary, Dr. Peter Provet, heroin, in the news, Letters to the Editor
The New York Times today published a letter by Peter Provet, president of Odyssey House, questioning the use of heroin to treat heroin addiction. The New York Times August 26, 2009 Letter Battling to Be Drug-Free To the Editor: “The recently reported heroin research...
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...
