Is addictive substance abuse a disability under the federal Rehabilitation Act?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gonzalez v. State Personnel Bd., 33 Cal.App.4th 422, 39 Cal.Rptr.2d 282 (Cal. App. 1995):
It is apparently settled that addictive substance abuse, including alcoholism, is a disability under the federal Rehabilitation Act. (Rogers v. Lehman (4th Cir.1989) 869 F.2d 253, 258.)
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