Former Drug Addict Questions California’s Bid to Pay Addicts to Sober Up

Former Drug Addict Questions California’s Bid to Pay Addicts to Sober Up
Los Angeles Police Department officers patrol on bicycles past a homeless man on a downtown sidewalk in Los Angeles on June 7, 2017. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
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As drug overdose deaths rise in California, state leaders are considering paying addicts to stay sober, but a former drug addict questions the efficacy of the incentive known as SB 110.

Yolanda Terrazas, a former addict and current secretary for The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Anaheim told The Epoch Times the proposed legislation provides only a temporary solution as addicts will use the money to purchase drugs.