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Morris Heights recovery center takes unique approach to fighting addiction

News 12 Bronx MORRIS HEIGHTS -A new recovery center in the Bronx is helping fight the addiction crisis with a unique approach. The Odyssey House Recovery Center, inside the Davidson Community Center, works to show those fighting addiction that there are alternatives to getting high. “We…

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Cuomo, Bronx pols debut support center for substance abusers’ families

By Glenn Blain New York Daily News (From l.) Odyssey House COO John Tavolacci, Odyssey House President Peter Provet, Odyssey House recovery coach Jesse Westbrook, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Hochul, OASAS Commissioner Arlene González-Sánchez, state Assemblyman Victor Pichardo, Odyssey House Director of Outpatient Services…

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Confronting the Opioid Epidemic – A Comprehensive Treatment Approach

Behavioral Health News, Fall (2) 2017 By Justin Mitchell, VP, Director of Residential Services & Daphne Juste, Clinical Support Coordinator   With more than 60,000 opioid overdose deaths nationally in 2016, a multi-pronged treatment approach is necessary to address the worst drug crisis in American history.

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New initiatives to combat addiction

“In New York State, we believe in people. Nobody is a lost cause. Everyone is worth saving.” And with that, NYS Lieutenant Kathleen Hochul officially opened the George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery, and affirmed the State’s commitment to supporting the men and women in need of treatment.

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State opens $25M drug treatment center on Wards Island as it battles opioid epidemic

By Glenn Blain New York Daily News   New York State Lt. Governor Kathleen Hochul formally cut the ribbon of the George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery Center operated by Odyssey House. ALBANY — State efforts to combat heroin and opioid addiction got a…

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