Ending Discrimination Against People with Alcohol and Drug Problems

April 8, 2003 This brief was written by David Rosenbloom, Director, Join Together, Janice Ford Griffin, Deputy Director, Join Together, Roberta Garson Leis, Program Director, Join Together, Erika Miles, Editorial Coordinator, Join Together, and Chelsea Hofstrand, Project Assistant, Join Together. In 2002, Join Together, a project of Boston University School of Public Health, convened a national policy panel to address discrimination against people seeking treatment or recovery from alcohol or other drug disease. This effort was prompted by a national survey of people in recovery and their family members that presented groundbreaking findings about the barriers confronting people seeking treatment . . .