For ADA purposes, the focus is whether the drug-abusing inmate is being handled differently because of the disability and is therefore entitled to relief under the ADA. The two threshold issues are whether drug abuse is a disability under the ADA and whether parole is a program under the ADA. A substance abuser who is addicted to or dependent on drugs or alcohol would be considered disabled under the ADA. However, analysis of statutes, case law, and the rules and regulations law promulgated under the ADA reveals no indication that parole from a correctional facility is a program as defined in the ADA. Footnotes