Taleed El-Sabawi (she/her) is lawyer, she has her PhD in Public Health, she’s an Assistant Professor at Elon University School of Law and she is an Unapologetically Black Unicorn. Taleed shares how she got involved in Addiction & Mental Health Policy. They talk about the CAHOOTS mobile response model, giving power to the community, harm reduction and the background behind the Crack/Pipe Act.

A Model for Defunding: An Evidence-Based Statute for Behavioral Health Crisis Response: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3683432

If you or someone you know is in a mental or substance use disorder crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.