Prison isn’t the Answer for Darryl
Darryl Strawberry will be sentenced in Tampa tomorrow for violating probation, and a lot of people are rooting for heavy punishment. The details of his seemingly fruitless battle with drug addiction have left the public understandably fed up. To some, the downward...
Letter to the Editor: Choice of a Drug Czar
To the Editor: Re "Tough Conservative Picked for Drug Czar, Officials Say" (news article, April 26). The choice of John P. Walters as drug czar gives us some solace in that at last we have an inkling of President Bush's position on drugs. But reports that Mr. Walters...
Growing Number of Older Addicts Spawns Unusual Treatment Center
Associated Press By Elizabeth LeSure In his 60s, Ramon Loper spent the last few years of his musical career desperately feeding a heroin addiction. He rushed from gig to gig, getting cash and getting high. "And then," he says, "I broke my hip. Thank God!" The members...
Help for Aging Addicts
New York Daily News By Thomas Zambito At first glance, it could be a gathering of church elders on a Sunday morning. But the seven men and women gathered in the basement of an East Harlem treatment center are among the city's most incorrigible drug addicts. Now...
Letter to the Editor: New Pieces of the Drug Puzzle
To the Editor: Re: Adjusting Drug Policy (editorial, Feb. 27) For years, drug treatment experts have argued for more money to be spent on demand reduction over interdiction and enforcement, and for years, study after study has supported their argument that treatment...
Letter to the Editor: Experiencing Ecstasy
Responses to The New York Times Magazine's "Experiencing Ecstasy" (January 21, 2001) were notable for especially strong opinions, both pro and con. Many parents, doctors and public officials accused the article of glorifying Ecstasy use and for insufficiently...
Drugs’ Ugly Legacy: Healing Families Saves Kids
The crackdown on public marijuana smoking that Mayor Giuliani announced Tuesday is only one part of his continuing campaign against drug use and drug trading in the city. New Yorkers should applaud the mayor's relentless efforts. Drug abuse poisons not only the users,...
Letter to the Editor: Uses of Marijuana: Make Distinctions
To the Editor: It is absolutely essential that voters in Alaska and elsewhere make a clear distinction between legalizing marijuana and allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes. Dr. Herbert D. Kleber stated this succinctly in "What Is the Matter...
N.Y. Provider to Start Innovative Teen Treatment Center
New York City-based Odyssey House, a 33 year-old therapeutic community (TC), plans to open an innovative treatment center for adolescents based on a variation of the TC model that will help the most troubled youths who have high service needs. this will include...
A New Breed of Homeless
The Daily News By Peter Provet, Ph.D. Drugs and homelessness are two of society's most intractable problems, but they are not much in the news of late. Neither presidential candidate have offered a coherent plan that addresses these intransigent social issues. And...
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