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Ending cash payments to get drug users into treatment won’t work, experts say

Mayor London Breed and three moderate supervisors said on Tuesday that a proposal to drug test San Francisco welfare recipients would keep individuals “accountable” and help shepherd those struggling with addiction into treatment. But more than half a dozen addiction experts and political figures told Mission Local that, if the goal of the measure is to address people’s addictions, the plan is likely to backfire.

https://missionlocal.org/2023/09/sf-wont-succeed-at-forcing-drug-users-into-treatment-experts-say/