Taleed El-Sabawi

Wayne State University Law School

471 Palmer

Detroit, MI 48202

United States

Georgetown University - The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001

United States

http://https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/experts/taleed-el-sabawi/

  • Wayne State University Law School

  • Georgetown University - The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

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Scholarly Papers (25)

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1.

A Model for Defunding: An Evidence-Based Statute for Behavioral Health Crisis Response

Temple Law Review, Vol. 94, 2022, Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2022
Taleed El-Sabawi and Jennifer J. Carroll
Wayne State University Law School and North Carolina State University
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defund, police, drugs, addiction, model law, crisis response, CAHOOTS, mental health

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The "New" Drug War

110 Virginia Law Review 1103 (2024), Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4529699, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 14 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2024
Jennifer D. Oliva and Taleed El-Sabawi
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Wayne State University Law School
Downloads 658 (87,090)
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drug law, drug policy, public health, criminalization, crime, mass incarceration, race, surveillance, prescription drug monitoring programs, drug-induced homicide, fentanyl, drug scheduling, DEA, FDA, drug testing, child welfare laws, syringe services programs, overdose prevention centers, opioids

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Defining the Opioid Epidemic: Congress, Pressure Groups, and Problem Definition

University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 48, 2018, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 470
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Sep 2020
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School
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drug policy, opioid, narratives, policy, causal stories, drugs, addiction, drug use, legislation, public health

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The Discounted Labor of BIPOC Students & Faculty

12 California Law Review Online 17 (June 2021)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2021
Taleed El-Sabawi and Madison Fields
Wayne State University Law School and Elon University, School of Law
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law school, diversity, inclusion, BIPOC, protests

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Death by Withdrawal

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 2, 2023, Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-07
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School
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civil rights, addiction, constitutional law, eighth amendment, fourteenth amendment, jails, prisons,

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The Role of Pressure Groups and Problem Definition in Crafting Legislative Solutions to the Opioid Crisis

Northeastern University Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2019
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Oct 2019
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School
Downloads 300 (219,212)
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Opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, interest groups, drug policy, law, health, addiction

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Carrots, Sticks and Problem Drug Use: Law Enforcement’s Contribution to the Policy Discourse on Drug Use & the Opioid Crisis

80 Ohio State Law Journal 765 (2019), Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2021
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School
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law enforcement, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, law, health policy, health law, drug policy, narratives, framing, interest groups

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A Discussion of Critical Errors in the Study 'Longitudinal Study on Deterrent Effect of Drug-Induced Homicide Law on Opioid-Related Mortality Across 92 Counties and the District of Columbia in the U.S.'

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023
Jennifer J. Carroll, Leah Bevis, Taleed El-Sabawi, Mary Figgatt, Nabarun Dasgupta, Leo Beletsky, Amy Judd Lieberman, Ashleigh Dennis and Corey S. Davis
North Carolina State University, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics, Wayne State University Law School, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Northeastern University - School of Law; Northeastern University - Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Harm Reduction Legal Project, Network for Public Health Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Network for Public Health Law
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Drug Induced Homicide, quantitative analysis, overdose, opioid, prevention, legal analysis

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Defending Death by Distribution Cases in North Carolina: A Checklist

Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2020
Cynthia Hernandez and Taleed El-Sabawi
Elon University School of Law and Wayne State University Law School
Downloads 235 (280,975)
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drug policy, addiction policy, law, homicide, criminal law

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Why the DEA, not the FDA? Revisiting the Regulation of Potentially-Addictive Substances

New York University Journal of Law and Business, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2020, Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2020
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School
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DEA, FDA, opioid, regulations

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What Motivates Legislators to Act: Problem Definition & the Opioid Epidemic, a Case Study

15 Indiana Health Law Review 190 (2018)., Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 469
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2021
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School
Downloads 214 (307,630)

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drug policy, opioid, legislative theory, congress, legislative behavior

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The Influence of White Exceptionalism on Drug War Discourse

94 Temple Law Review 649 (2022)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Jun 2022
Taleed El-Sabawi and Jennifer D. Oliva
Wayne State University Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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drugs, racism, white exceptionalism, opioids, cannabis, heroin, cocaine, War on Drugs, public health

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Expansion of the Police Role in Responding to Mental Health Crises Over the Past Fifty Years: Driving Factors, Race Inequities and the Need to Rebalance Roles

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 86, No. 1, 2023, Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-05
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Apr 2023
Amy C. Watson and Taleed El-Sabawi
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Wayne State University Law School
Downloads 172 (375,869)

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mental health crisis, racial inequities, police response

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The Risk of Relying on Existing 911 Data to Estimate Behavioral Health-Related Call Volume

Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-13
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Sep 2022
Taleed El-Sabawi and Amy C. Watson
Wayne State University Law School and Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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911, crisis, mental health, substance use, addiction, behavioral health, police

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The Harms of Punishing Substance Use During Pregnancy

International Journal of Drug Policy 98 (2021) 103433.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Jun 2022
Jennifer J. Carroll, Taleed El-Sabawi and Bayla Ostrach
North Carolina State University, Wayne State University Law School and Boston University - Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
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Pregnancy, substance use, perinatal health, civil law, policy, prevention, harm reduction, prevention

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US Supreme Court Delivers Much-Needed Certainty To Controlled Substances Prescribing

Health Affairs Forefront (2022), Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-07, UC San Francisco Research Paper No. Forthcoming, Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4264951
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2024
Jennifer D. Oliva, Taleed El-Sabawi and Kelly K. Gillespie
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Wayne State University Law School and Saint Louis University School of Law
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Prescribers, Prescribing, Controlled Substances, Opioids, DEA, Criminal Law

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Whose concerns?: It's time to adjust the lens of research on police-involved overdose response

Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-12, Maya Doe-Simkins, Taleed El-Sabawi, Jennifer J. Carroll, “Whose Concerns? It’s Time to Adjust the Lens of Research on Police-Involved Overdose Response”, American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) 112, no. 9 (September 1, 2022): pp. 1239-1241.
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Sep 2022
Maya Doe-Simkins, Taleed El-Sabawi and Jennifer J. Carroll
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Wayne State University Law School and North Carolina State University
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overdoses, substance use, opioids, police response

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Defending Syringe Services Programs

Health Affairs Blog (2021)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 27 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Jennifer D. Oliva, Taleed El-Sabawi, Sonia L. Canzater and Shelly Weizman
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Wayne State University Law School, Georgetown University - The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Georgetown University
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Harm Reduction, Syringe Services Programs, HIV, Opioid Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Americans with Disabilities Act

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Prosecuting Overdose: An Exploratory Study of Prosecutorial Motivations for Drug-Induced Homicide Prosecutions in North Carolina

Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4389026
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2024
Brandon Morrissey, Taleed El-Sabawi and Jennifer J. Carroll
North Carolina State University, Wayne State University Law School and North Carolina State University
Downloads 101 (574,053)

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Drug-induced homicide, prosecution, overdose

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Drug-Induced Homicide Laws and False Beliefs About Drug Distributors: Three Myths that are Leaving Prosecutors Misinformed

Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-03, American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 60
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 31 Mar 2023
Taleed El-Sabawi, Jennifer J. Carroll and Morgan Godvin
Wayne State University Law School, North Carolina State University and Northeastern University
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Drug-induced homicide, prosecution, overdose crisis

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MHPAEA & Marble Cake: Parity & the Forgotten Frame of Federalism

124 Dick. L. Rev. 591 (2020), Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2021
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School
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Parity, health insurance, addiction, opioid use disorder, opioid crisis, substance use disorder

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Changes in the Provision of Take-Home Methadone for People with Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Future Policymaking

Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-17, in COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact, and Legacy, (I. Glenn Cohen, Abbe R. Gluck, Katherine L. Kraschel, Carmel Shachar, eds., Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2023).
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jan 2023
Zoe Adams, Taleed El-Sabawi, William H. Coe, Hannah Batchelor, Janan Wyatt, Mona Gandhi, Ida Santana and Ayana Jordan
Massachusetts General Hospital, Wayne State University Law School, NYU Grossman - School of Medicine, Yale University - School of Medicine, Yale University - School of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital, Middle Tennessee Treatment Center and NYU Grossman - School of Medicine
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drug policy, opioid, policy, drugs, addiction, drug use, legislation, public health, COVID-19

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Student Perceptions of a University Medical Amnesty Policy Are Impacted by Race and Racism: A Qualitative Study

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Apr 2022
Jennifer J. Carroll, Cameron Mullins, Georgia Burnham-Lemaire, Hannah Korycinski, Hannaleigh Pierce, Mackenzie Martinez and Taleed El-Sabawi
North Carolina State University, Independent, Independent, Independent, Independent, Independent and Wayne State University Law School
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Alcohol, college, drinking, medical amnesty, collegiate

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When Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Gets Disrupted by Extra-Clinical Variables, How Should Clinicians Respond?

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 09 Apr 2025
Kelly K. Gillespie and Taleed El-Sabawi
Saint Louis University School of Law and Wayne State University Law School
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jails, prisons, medication for opioid use disorder, methadone, buprenorphine, discrimination, drug use

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Improving Alcohol Screening for College Students: Screening for Alcohol Misuse Amongst College Students with a Simple Modification to the Cage Questionnaire

Taylor, P. J., El-Sabawi, T., & Cangin, C. (July 03, 2016). Improving alcohol screening for college students: Screening for alcohol misuse amongst college students with a simple modification to the CAGE questionnaire. Journal of American College Health, 64, 5, 397-403
Posted: 02 May 2018
Taleed El-Sabawi
Wayne State University Law School

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CAGE, College Students, Alcohol

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The Model Behavioral Health Crisis Mobile Response Team Act

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 Mar 2021
Taleed El-Sabawi and Jennifer J. Carroll
Wayne State University Law School and North Carolina State University
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