[WesternPacific]

Material rewards to change behaviors are fine with adolescence, such as M&Ms, but as for adults, rewards tend to be more successful if they are internalized.
if the iPods do not change the behaviors, will they be taken away? More than likely, the iPods will end up in the possession of other individuals or Pawn shops.

[Stoat]

Material rewards to change behaviors are fine with adolescence, such as M&Ms, but as for adults, rewards tend to be more successful if they are internalized.
if the iPods do not change the behaviors, will they be taken away? More than likely, the iPods will end up in the possession of other individuals or Pawn shops.

Agreed on all counts.  It's strange that this supposedly successful American effort that the NHS plan is based upon is not something that most of us Yanks, I daresay, have heard of.  One might think that if such a plan were indeed such a resounding boon that it would have been duplicated all across the land, with a dramatic fall in drug addiction dominating national headlines as well.