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Los Angeles Times
2 weeks ago
Medicine

California pays meth users up to $599 a year to get sober

Medi-Cal is utilizing an innovative program called 'contingency management' to help individuals struggling with stimulant addiction, providing financial incentives for staying clean. [ more ]
Kqed
2 months ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Promotes Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorder Amid Overdose Epidemic | KQED

San Francisco's overdose death rates remain steady in early 2024 compared to 2023.
City health officials in San Francisco are expanding contingency management programs for drug use. [ more ]
Mission Local
6 months ago
Medicine

What addiction treatment works best? UCSF docs share

Psychostimulant overdoses have increased by 300% nationally from 2013 to 2019.
Positive reinforcement and contingency management are effective approaches to treating stimulant use disorder.
San Francisco is experiencing a surge in overdose deaths and is in need of new medicines and practices to combat the crisis. [ more ]
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