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Addiction Medicine
Cash for sterilization program for drug and alcohol addicts increases paid incentives to $300
February 16th, 2006
Project Prevention announced that it will raise the cash incentive paid to drug addicted and/or alcoholic women who choose long term or permanent birth control to $300. Previously, the incentive was $200. In addition, the first 100 women in 2006 to take advantage of the program will be paid $500. The increased cash incentives are part of an aggressive national grassroots campaign to raise the total number of clients served by the organization to 2,006 by the end of 2006. Project Prevention's mission is to reduce the number of substance-exposed births to zero. "Nothing positive comes from an addict giving birth numerous times only to have her children...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-16)
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