by Carolyn | Jan 23, 2020 | eldercare, in the news, Opioid epidemic, treatment
“I’m grateful people our age still get a chance to get it right. You know things the younger people don’t know because you’ve been through it.” ElderCare client Tamara talks about her opioid addiction and life in treatment at Odyssey...
by Carolyn | Jan 22, 2020 | addiction, Dr. Peter Provet, eldercare, GRCR, in the news, Opioid epidemic, treatment
By Emma Davis City Limits After nearly 40 years of snorting heroin, Tamara Morgan almost died from two sniffs. Morgan, 58, had raised her eight children in Bushwick, Brooklyn while managing a $200-a-day habit. That afternoon in August, Morgan’s daughter had just...
by Carolyn | Jan 3, 2020 | Dr. Peter Provet, in the news, Opioid epidemic
Behavioral Health News, Winter 2020 By Staff Writer In the 20 years it took opioids to become the deadliest substance misuse epidemic in American history, the response from the public is overwhelmingly in favor of controlling access to opiates by limiting their use,...
by Carolyn | Dec 16, 2019 | addiction, commentary, Dr. Peter Provet, in the news, Letters to the Editor, Opioid epidemic
Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet writes that psychosocial treatment is the only way to save this generation in response to a recent article (“‘We Could Have Been Anything,’” news, Dec. 3) in The New York Times. To the Editor: In “‘We Could Have Been Anything’”...
by Carolyn | Nov 15, 2019 | News roundup, Opioid epidemic, public policy
The City: East Bronx Politicians Join Groundswell of Opposition to Drug Treatment Clinics By Ese Olumhense East Bronx elected officials are united in opposing the outpatient center proposed by Carnegie Hill Institute — even as all said they’re still seeking solutions...
by Carolyn | Oct 18, 2019 | addiction, drug abuse, News roundup, Opioid epidemic
New Yorker: My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction By Colton Wooten Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both. The New York Times: Judge Summons Drug C.E.O.s for Talks on Sweeping Opioid Settlement By Jan Hoffman...