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    According to an article in the November 14th edition of the Los Angeles Times, a San Francisco-based treatment program for methadone users is attracting a lot of attention. This program, which is currently geared towards gay and bi-sexual men who are meth users, involves the use of the reward system for those who stay clean.  During the past year, San Francisco’s innovative public health department has been offering rewards with values of up to $40 a week for addicts who stay off the drug, according to the article penned by staff writer, Charles Ornstein.

    Meth users only need show up at the clinic three times a week, undergo a urinalysis test, and – if they test negative for the drug – they receive a voucher (not cash) for their reward.

      The program has been a great success, notes Ornstein, pointing out that other public service agencies throughout the country now have their eye on the San Francisco program, gauging the results as the program grows.

    The author also points out that the success of this program is yet another example of how addicts positively respond to material rewards, an issue that’s been studied over the last decade or so.

    Some therapists liken it to a reward system used with children by their parents, calling it behavior modification or behavior shaping.  Some think the reward is the most important aspect of the program while others believe that the drug abusers just want to be noticed for their positive accomplishments.

    UCLA researchers took the results one step further by noting that such voucher programs may even result in more success than conventional treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy, citing a 16-week study during which 83% of voucher recipients stayed clean compared with only 75% of those who were undergoing conventional therapy alone

    Whatever the reason, Ornstein stresses, other large cities with big drug problems, like New York and Seattle, are starting to sit up and take notice, providing yet another alternative to the growing challenges of drug abuse treatment.   







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