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How States Have Worked with the Alliance ALABAMA Alabama has ten groups refining and implementing the Summit’s recommendations. Results to date are as follows: NAMSDL is partnering with several of the groups to hold a one-day educational session for business leaders on the benefits of drug-free workplace programs, including savings for the employers; the Alabama law enforcement, medical and faith communities combined their annual conferences in order to better coordinate their efforts on addiction treatment; the treatment community and the Council on Substance Abuse are creating a data-gathering project, based on the NAMSDL's Pennsylvania model, to document problems accessing treatment; Alabama youth developed their own drug prevention curriculum and now hold annual youth summits; a statewide Recovery Network is being established to provide support and advocacy for people in recovery, their families, and other supportive individuals; in 2004, legislation was passed to establish a statewide prescription monitoring program (PMP).
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