How a Change in Federal Regulations Could Threaten Life-Saving Progress in Alabama’s Opioid Crisis
PARCA’s 2026 Annual Forum, “From Crisis to Collaboration: How Data, Policy, and Partnership Saved Lives in Alabama,” spotlighted the multiagency collaboration and bold policy decisions that underpinned a sharp decline in overdose deaths in 2024 and 2025 in Alabama. But an April 24 decision by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that severely limits […]