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substance abuse

Contingency Management: A Better Approach to Substance Abuse?

Mental Health, Recommended Reading, Substance AbuseBy Nina TovishApril 6, 2022

We cannot police our way out of the mental health and substance abuse crises in our community. Criminalizing desperation and mental illness is costly: in human lives, in moral terms, and in actual dollars spent. Stigmatization and “tough love” aren’t the only or most effective ways to help people recover from substance abuse. Let’s follow…

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