Substance use disorder is recognized as a disability and therefore protected under antidiscrimination laws. But stigma persists, even in health care settings where people who use substances may be denied necessary care. Rebekah Joab, senior staff attorney at the Legal Action Center, talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about LAC's litigation and advocacy efforts to combat SUD-based discrimination and the details of a major lawsuit against a hospital that allegedly denied critical care to a patient. Learn more about LAC's work: https://www.lac.org/