by Carolyn | Sep 25, 2018 | Dr. Peter Provet, Facebook, in the news, Opioid epidemic, programs, recovery
This morning, Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet and an Odyssey House client were guests on the first episode of “And Now the Good News,” a new Facebook show hosted by PIX11 reporter (and “Run for Your Life” emcee) James Ford. In this episode, James and Peter...
by Carolyn | Sep 15, 2018 | community, Harlem, in the news, recovery month, Run for Your Life
by James Ford WPIX RANDALLS ISLAND, Manhattan — New York’s Very Own supports New Yorkers recovering from substance abuse and addiction. PIX11 voted with its feet, literally, at the Run For Your Life on Randall’s Island on Saturday. It’s an event operated by Odyssey...
by Carolyn | Sep 10, 2018 | drug laws, in the news, marijuana
Tens of thousands of low-level marijuana convictions could be erased with the OK of Brooklyn’s top prosecutor, under a new plan for wiping records clean of offenses no longer being prosecuted in parts of the nation’s biggest city, the Associated Press...
by Carolyn | Aug 9, 2018 | arts, community, Harlem, in the news, Odyssey House Art Project
New York Amsterdam News The Health Department announced a new mural and art exhibit in East Harlem encouraging New Yorkers to drink water instead of sugary-sweetened beverages. Odyssey House, a behavioral health care organization, worked with clients in recovery from...
by Carolyn | Jun 20, 2018 | in the news, Medication-assisted treatment, Opioid epidemic
By David Crow Financial Times Magazine Anthony De La Rosa was 22 when a player on his college baseball squad introduced him to a new drug: Oxycodone. “We weren’t just smoking weed any more. We would go to practice, come back and snort Oxy in the dorm rooms. At that...
by Carolyn | Apr 16, 2018 | Dr. Peter Provet, in the news, Letters to the Editor, naloxone, Opioid epidemic
Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet discusses the role treatment providers can take in expanding access to naloxone training in response to a recent article (“Surgeon General Urges Americans to Carry Drug That Stops Opioid Overdoses,” news, April 6) in The New...
