Senior Drug Addicts Increasing
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For Recovering Addicts, a Holiday Hurdle
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks (NEW YORK) David Sykes is sending out Christmas cards for the first time in 10 years. A recovering addict, he says he finally feels healed enough to enjoy the holidays. "The holidays have always been somewhat sad for...
Letter to the Editor: Drug Law Reform
It took too long and didn't go far enough, but New York State lawmakers have at last taken the crucial first step in reforming the harshest drug laws in the country ("Hard-won reforms," News, Dec. 8). I applaud these reforms, but I am concerned that billions of...
Our Winter 2004 newsletter is now available!
The Winter 2004 edition of Odyssey House News is now available online. Read about our new family treatment center, art gallery, and more. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments or on our Facebook wall. Click here to read it (pdf). If you’d like to...
National Political Leaders Support Odyssey House Relapse Prevention Strategy
Holiday Season Is ‘Bermuda Triangle’ For Potential Substance Abuse Relapse White House Drug Czar And Odyssey House President Unveil Strategy For Maintaining Recovery Treatment experts call it the “Bermuda Triangle” of potential drug and alcohol relapse. The holiday...
Illegal Drug Use: A Hidden — and Growing — Problem Among Older Americans
Newhouse News Service By Chuck McCutcheon Crime and Punishment The five men seated around a basement table, trading talk about grandchildren and doctors' bills, could be mistaken for ordinary retirees. But then they tell their stories: "I started taking...
Our Fall 2004 newsletter is now available!
The Fall 2004 edition of Odyssey House News is now available online. Read about our outpatient services, latest art show, new playground and more. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments or on our Facebook wall. Click here to read it (pdf). If...
New Outpatient Service Treats Seniors with Substance Abuse Problems
Odyssey House ElderCare Outpatient Program addresses `hidden epidemic' of drug and alcohol abuse among older Americans. Innovative program made possible by $200,000 grant from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation. Latest U.S. census report predicts...
A Second Look
City Limits By Phyllis Vine Making art has long been part of healing for addiction and mental illness. At a gallery in East Harlem, it's something more, too: the artists' vision for the future. It was an art opening unlike most in New York. In East Harlem, in the...
Letter to the Editor: Time and Punishment
To the Editor: "Freed From Prison, but Still Paying a Penalty" (news article, Dec. 29) exposes the draconian effects of a criminal justice system whose focus on tough punishment leaves little room for rehabilitation. While punishment for criminal behavior is...
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