Upended by Meth, some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Although meth is irresistible, ‘The New York Times’ says, addicts often prefer small cash rewards

The success of "contingency management" belies the notion that addiction is an uncontrollable disease caused by a drug's impact on dopamine levels.

Upended by meth, some communities are paying users to quit - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Jamie Mains showed up for her checkup so high that there was no point in pretending otherwise. At least she wasn’t shooting fentanyl again; medication was suppressing those cravings. Now it was methamphetamine that manacled her, keeping her from eating, sleeping, thinking straight. Still, she could not stop injecting.

Upended by meth, some US communities are paying users to quit

Research shows that the approach produces better outcomes for stimulant addiction than counselling or CBT. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit

Jamie Mains showed up for her checkup so high that there was no point in pretending otherwise. At least she wasn’t shooting fentanyl again; medication was suppressing those cravings. Now it was methamphetamine that manacled her, keeping her from eating,…

Unhinged reason Democrat-run cities riddled with crime are now PAYING the meth addicts blighting their streets

Liberal cities are handing over cash and gift cards to meth addicts, but proponent worry it won't last for long under the Trump administration.

Before Fentanyl: Confronting the global impact of methamphetamine - The Voice of San Francisco

When I first encountered my college classmates doing “Crystal” to keep partying in the 1980s, I had no fundamental understanding of what it was apart from being a cheaper stand-in for cocaine. Crystal methamphetamine was all over Southern California during that time, and you could be pretty sure that if you were in a setting where you were staying up late for almost any reason, it was behind the nearest closed door. It was only a few years later…