[anomaloustho]

I’m having trouble determining the effectiveness here. The article repeatedly uses the phrase, “no increased spending on temptation goods”.

I’m reading that as, “If the person had an addiction to meth, they still spent the same amount on meth, but they did it from the comfort of a new couch, in new clothes, in a new apartment. Sometimes they spent less on meth.”

Is that a fair interpretation?

Also, how do they know the person is spending money on temptation goods or not? Self-reported?