Abstract
Being in treatment on buprenorphine or methadone can get you in trouble. Yet another patient in recovery from opioid use disorder has had his treatment used against him. A young man who proudly passed the bar exam and had an employment contract with a law firm was told by Tennessee state authorities that they doubted his ability to practice law because he was taking buprenorphine, a medication that had helped him achieve what he called “normalcy.” An excellent write‐up aired by NBC News last week described the ordeal of Derek Scott, the first in his family to even go to high school, and then later, after struggling with opioid addiction and other problems, to have achieved recovery and enrolled in college at age 32. Sally Friedman of the Legal Action Center discussed the many violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act this case entails, with legal officials, of all people, in charge. The U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating such cases and is investigating Scott's. Stay tuned. For the story, go to https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us‐news/tennessee‐lawyer‐opioid‐addiction‐medication‐ada‐discrimination‐rcna126358.
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