In celebration of our 50th anniversary, each month we will be sharing a story that highlights one of our programs or treatment populations. Below is Ashley’s story, who recently completed residential treatment at Lafayette Avenue, our young women’s program in the Bronx. Ashley, 28, started using drugs and alcohol after…
On Tuesday night, PBS aired a new Frontline documentary, “Chasing Heroin,” chronicling the impact of the opioid epidemic as well as the efforts of law enforcement, social workers, and public defenders and prosecutors to save the…
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly The federal Department of Justice has awarded New York City–based Odyssey House a two-year, $300,000 grant for a pre- and postrelease peer mentoring and recovery program. The work will be done at the Edgecombe Correctional Facility and builds on the 45-day inprison treatment program Odyssey…
Letter to the Editor, by Peter Provet, Ph.D. The New York Times To the editor: RE: “Why is Mom in Rehab?” by Charles M. Blow The simple answer is trauma, poverty, lack of support and threat of losing her children. Since crack cocaine burst on to the scene…