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In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener addresses the state Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wiener has introduced a bill to pay people struggling with drug addiction to stay sober. People would earn small payments for every negative drug test over a set period of time. The measure has already passed the Senate without opposition and is pending in the Assembly. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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California looking to pay drug addicts to stay sober
August 26, 2021 3:05 p.m.

California looking to pay drug addicts to stay sober

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