For decades, the most effective treatment for methamphetamine and cocaine addiction has been mostly locked away in small research studies. But with overdose deaths involving meth and cocaine on the rise, policymakers are coming around to the idea of using gift cards to fight drug use. Tradeoffs reports on California’s new contingency management program.
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