Politics is holding back the best tool for treating meth addiction
Politics is holding back the best tool for treating meth addiction
www.statnews.com Politics is holding back the best tool for treating meth addiction
Offering people incentives to stop using meth, a practice known as contingency management, runs against a federal cap of $75 per year. But officials are wary of political perceptions.
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Tldr: The tool is a behavioral intervention, paying the addicts to stay clean. It works but is controversial.
Republicans only like bribery for rich people, not poor people.
If you're rich, you're living
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