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Magic of healing drug addicts through gifts

Medication can help people quit abusing opioids, but stimulant addiction has no effective medicine. [iStockphoto]

Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun.

The 59-year-old former cook earned small prizes - candy, gum, gift cards, sunglasses and headphones - for attending meetings and staying in treatment for opioid addiction during a 12-week program in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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