Letter to the Editor: Staying Clean

Peggy Orenstein’s cover article “Staying Clean” drew praise from rehab providers and former users confirming that, as reported, there is no quick fix in treating addiction and no guaranteed cure. Below is the response by Dr. Peter Provet, among the...

NineOneOne: A Guide to Post-9/11 Recovery Sources

NineOneOne The Daily News By Susan Ferraro   Salt in the wounds Among the millions traumatized by the attacks on the World Trade Center were thousands of New Yorkers already struggling, day to day, with recovery from substance abuse or painful or disabling...

Letter to the Editor: OxyContin Abuse

To the editor: Monitoring prescriptions of OxyContin sounds like a good place to start to prevent increased abuse (“Few State Track Prescriptions as Way to Prevent Overdoses,” front page, Dec. 21). But we must also increase drug treatment programs and...