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Curated by a team of experts, CM Info is a resource hub designed to provide information about contingency management.

Whether you want to just learn more about contingency management or go on to implement a CM program, you can find the information here that you need.

This webpage is curated by the Contingency Management Policy and Practice Group (CMPG), a team with expertise in researching, implementing, and advocating for the dissemination of CM as a treatment for substance use disorder.

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ASAM Conference Talk on Contingency Management

Drs. Michael McDonell, Michelle Peavy and Sara Parent from our PRISM Collaborative team attending and presenting about Contingency Management: Overcoming Implementation Barriers to Bring Science to Practice at the ASAM conference in Denver, CO on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

"A Call to Action: Evidence-Based Contingency Management" - by Carla J. Rash, Ph.D., Michael McDonell, Ph.D., Tyler Erath, Ph.D., Sara Parent, N.D., Richard Rawson, Ph.D., and Sarah Wattenberg, L.C.S.W.-C.

"As clinicians and addiction researchers, if a family member or friend were to say “my child/sibling/parent has a stimulant use disorder. I want the best treatment for them,” we would quickly reply that contingency management (CM) is the most robust and evidence-backed treatment option. Sadly, we would have to follow up that statement with an acknowledgement that few persons seeking substance use disorder treatment in the U.S. will have access to an evidence-based version of this intervention."

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Webinar: "Contingency Management in the Wild: Rural Substance Use Provider Experiences with Evidence-Based Practice Targeting Stimulant Use" by K. Michelle Peavy, PhD

Description: Contingency management (CM) is behavioral intervention that uses positive reinforcement to encourage change. Are you curious about implementing CM in your setting? In this webinar, we’ll briefly review CM basics before talking to a panel of providers working in opioid treatment settings who’ve implemented CM targeting stimulant use. Panelists discuss challenges in CM implementation, overcoming barriers to implementation, and CM success stories.

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"Small gift cards can be a key tool to stop stimulant addiction, but stigma stands in the way" - by Mira Cheng, CNN

"As there are currently no medications approved to treat stimulant addiction, contingency management remains the most effect intervention, but it faces some challenges to implementation due to stigma and policy barriers, McDonell said.

The approach has received some pushback due to moral concerns about paying people for refraining from harmful, and in some cases, illegal activity, DePhilippis said. Although these criticisms are in good faith, he said, they are misguided."

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"Washington state is giving people gift cards to help get them off drugs" - by Anais Elboujdaini, CBC News

"For every negative urine sample, which happens two times a week, the patient gets a $12 gift card. And the amount incrementally increases with every negative test. Participants can receive a maximum of $599 US per calendar year.

If a patient tests positive for drugs, they don't get kicked out of the program. Instead, their gift card amount decreases and they have to build their way back up.

The gift cards can be used to buy groceries, clothes or even electronics."

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