“…For example, drug users continue to face discrimination from some medical providers who frequently treat them with distrust and disrespect (Chitwood, Sanchez, Comerford, & McCoy, 2001;Crofts, Louie, & Loff, 1997;Day, Ross, & Dolan, 2003;Edlin et al, 2001;Stephenson, 2001;Treloar, Hopwood, & Loveday, 1996;Zickmund, Hillis, Barnett, Ippolito, & LaBrecque, 2004). Also, despite the recent changes to the NIH guidelines regarding HCV treatment, many health care providers have historically been concerned that drug users treated for HCV might have a high risk of re-infection, low treatment compliance, and/or drug relapse (Catz, Kelly, Bogart, Benotsch, & McAuliffe, 2000;Golub et al, 2004;Gordillo, del Amo, Soriano, & Gonzalez-Lahoz, 1999;Hauser et al, 2002;Milby et al, 1996;Osher et al, 2003). In fact, recent research conducted by Morrill et al (2005) found that primary care physicians tended not to treat patients with a past history of substance abuse for their HCV infection.…”