The opioid epidemic has been a major public health and economic crisis across the U.S. in recent years, with opioid-involved overdoses constituting a significant proportion of drug-related deaths both nationally and in Alabama. This preliminary report presents the incorporation of Alabama data into a model consisting of a system of ordinary differential equations previously developed for analyzing the opioid crisis in Tennessee. This work models the dynamics of opioid use within Alabama in recent years with the goal of identifying the most effective policy strategies for mitigating the tragic impact of the state-level opioid crisis.
