Abstract
Count National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow, M.D., among the enemies of 42 CFR Part 2. In an otherwise promising blog post showing interest in reducing the stigma of addiction and even of ongoing drug use, Volkow blamed confidentiality laws for limiting access to treatment. “Although treatment for addiction is becoming more integrated into medicine, it has faced major challenges on many fronts and requires overcoming health care providers' attitudinal barriers as well as hurdles arising in part from confidentiality protection laws that may limit gathering and sharing data on patients' use of illicit substances,” she wrote in a blog post originally published in STAT. “When doctors don't ask about patients' drug use, they may miss information that is important to their care. Stigma also contributes to insurers setting restrictive limits on what they will cover for medications to treat substance use disorders.” For her blog post, go to https://www.drugabuse.gov/about‐nida/noras‐blog/2021/08/punishing‐drug‐use‐heightens‐stigma‐addiction.
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