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What If We Pay People to Stop Using Drugs? Traditional treatments often take place in expensive facilities, demand total abstinence, and rely on punitive methods of control. A harm reduction model turns all of that on its head. Illustration by Ran Zheng Tyrone Clifford Jr. remembers the first time he tried methamphetamine. “It was everything, all at once,” he said; a whirring rush of euphoric energy. It was the 1990s, and Tyrone was in his early twenties. He was HIV-positive, watching as ...

Can you pay someone to stop using meth? Proposed California legislation would boost drug treatment option FacebookTwitterEmail Isaac Jackson said he tried contingency management a couple of years ago, and it helped him stay sober from meth for about a month. But, he said, it was hard to eventually stay away from the drug because he also struggles with depression.Jana Asenbrennerova / Special to The Chronicle 2019 As overdose deaths soar throughout California, proposed state legislation would le...