11mo ago

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 ~~off the back of an exploited working class~~ the American Dream™. If you're poor, you need to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and work harder ~~to earn me even more wealth~~.