A Plight Understood by Elders

The New York Times By Clyde Haberman   Darryl Strawberry, the recovering drug user, cancer survivor and sometime baseball player, was back in the news this week for all the usual reasons. He was in trouble with the law. Mr. Strawberry’s troubles came to the...

Why Addiction Cannot be Moderate

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly By Peter Provet, Ph.D.   A fundamental question has recently resurfaced within the field of addiction: Can alcoholics learn to drink moderately? Audrey Kishline, founder of a group called Moderation Management and one of the...

From Lethal Mix, Random Attacks

The Daily News By Peter Provet, Ph.D.       Once again, fear and tragedy strike at New Yorkers. An innocent woman, Tiffany Goldberg, is hit in the head with a slab of concrete, repeating the nightmare that happened to Nicole Barrett late last year. In...

Grant will Establish NYC Facility for Dually Diagnosed

Mental Health Weekly The New York State Office of Mental Health has awarded a $4.7 million grant to Odyssey House, a 33-year-old therapeutic community, to construct a new 46-bed supervised community residence in New York City for adults with co-occurring mental and...

Straw’s Drug Abuse Lessons

The Daily News By Peter Provet, Ph.D.   Major League Baseball has finally held Darryl Strawberry accountable for his cocaine abuse. While many applaud this decision, it is important to examine his drug abuse in the broader context of chronic addictions across all...