In this issue
International publications
Homelessness and drugs: health and social responses.

(2022) Lisbon: EMCDDA

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Families of people who use drugs: health and social responses.

(2022) Lisbon: EMCDDA

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Lisbon declaration (to be adopted at the 18th Ministerial Conference of the Council of Europe Pompidou Group). Pompidou Group

(2022) Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

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Presentation recording: Getting it right for women with a drug problem: issues and improving practice.

MacLeod, Katy (2022) In: SDF conference - Getting It right: realistic approaches to complex needs., 5 October 2022, Glasgow.

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The stigma-vulnerability nexus and the framing of drug problems.

Alexandrescu, Liviu and Spicer, Jack (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2049214

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Complexities and conveniences in the international drug trade: the involvement of Mexican criminal actors in the EU drug market.

Europol, Drug Enforcement Administration. (2022) Europol.

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Trends in intentional abuse and misuse ingestions in school-aged children and adolescents reported to US poison centers from 2000-2020.

Hughes, Adrienne R et al (2022) Clinical Toxicology, pp. 1-8. doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2022.2120818

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School-based peer education interventions to improve health: a global systematic review of effectiveness.

Dodd, Steven et al (2022) BMC Public Health, 22. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14688-3

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Exploring arts-based interventions for youth substance use prevention: a scoping review of literature.

Maina, Geoffrey et al (2022) BMC public health, 22. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14714-4

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A guide to common drug names in Scotland.

RADAR. (2022) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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Substance use, Alcohol and Behavioural Addictions in Autism (SABAA) project.

Calder, Robert et al (2022) London: Society for the Study of Addiction.

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Co-occurring substance use and mental health concerns in Scotland: a review of the literature and evidence.

(2022) Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

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Webinar: Treatment, recovery and integrated care systems – what does it all mean?

(2022) Collective Voice.

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Providing substance use disorder treatment in correctional settings: knowledge gaps and proposed research priorities-overview and commentary.

Zaller, Nickolas D et al (2022) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17. doi: 10.1186/s13722-022-00351-0

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Palliative care for people who use drugs during communicable disease epidemics and pandemics: a scoping review on access, policies, and programs and guidelines.

Buchman, Daniel Z et al (2022) Palliative Medicine, doi: 10.1177/02692163221143153.

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Connecting the dots: tackling mental health inequalities in Wales.

Welsh Parliament, Health and Social Care Committee. (2022) Cardiff: Senedd Commission.

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Report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings (fourth report).

(2022) Brussels: European Commission.

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Recreational drug misuse and its potential contribution to male fertility levels' decline: a narrative review.

Schifano, Nicolò et al (2022) Brain Sciences, 12, (11). doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111582

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EMCDDA webinar: How wastewater monitoring can boost preparedness for new health threats.

(2022) EMCDDA

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Monitoring drug use in the digital age: studies in web surveys. European web survey on drugs: an overview of the project.

EMCDDA. Matias, Joao (2022) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

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Quantitative and qualitative assessments of data quality within the European Web Survey on Drugs.

Kalamara, Eleni and Skarupova, Katerina, eds. (2022) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

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Substance residue analysis as an alternative to drug checking? Traces from drug paraphernalia as a source for laboratory analysis.

Kaskela, Teemu et al (2022) Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 23, (3), pp. 277-288. doi.org/10.1108/DHS-12-2021-0063

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A distributed model to expand the reach of drug checking.

Wallace, Bruce et al (2022) Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 23, (3), pp. 220-231. doi.org/10.1108/DHS-01-2022-0005

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Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): findings from drug-related emergency department visits, 2021.

(2022) Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Adolescent substance use and risk behaviours in the Mediterranean region. Fourth MEDSPAD regional report.

MedSPAD Group. Benedetti, Elisa et al (2022) Brussels: Council of Europe.

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The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (2022)

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The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS).

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (2022) 

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Molecular insights and clinical outcomes of drugs of abuse adulteration: new trends and new psychoactive substances.

Di Trana, Annagiulia et al (2022) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, (23), 14619. doi: 10.3390/ijms232314619.

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Synthetic opioids: a review and clinical update.

Shafi, Abu and Berry, et al (2022) Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 12. doi.org/10.1177/20451253221139616

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EMCDDA framework and practical guidance for naming synthetic cannabinoids.

Pulver, Benedikt et al (2022) Drug Testing and Analysis, Early online. doi: 10.1002/dta.3403

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From JWH-018 to OXIZIDS: structural evolution of synthetic cannabinoids in the European Union from 2008 to present day.

Andrews, Rachael et al (2022) Drug Testing and Analysis, Early online. doi: 10.1002/dta.3422 (In Press)

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ACMD advice on the classification and schedule of Remimazolam.

(2022) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

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The increase in benzodiazepine-laced drugs and related risks in Canada: the urgent need for effective and sustainable solutions.

Russell, Cayley et al (2022) International Journal of Drug Policy, 111. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103933

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The benzo research project: an evaluation of recreational benzodiazepine use amongst UK young people (18-25).

Ezquerra-Romano, Ivan et al (2022) London: Benzo Research Project

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Global SMART update volume 27: “Tuci”, “happy water”, “k-powdered milk” – is the illicit market for ketamine expanding?

(2022) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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Mechanisms involved in the neurotoxicity and abuse liability of nitrous oxide: a narrative review

Brunt, Tibor M et al (2022) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, (23). doi: 10.3390/ijms232314747

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Editorial: Supervised drug consumption sites: a health-based approach or enabling drug use?

Abram, Marissa D et al (2022) Journal of Clinical Nursing, Early online. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16596

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Patterns of mortality risk among patients with substance use disorder: an opportunity for proactive patient safety?

Svensson, Jakob et al (2022) BMC Psychiatry, 22, 770. doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04437-6

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Deaths in prison. Examining causes, responses, and prevention of deaths in prison worldwide.

London: Prison Reform International. Penal Reform International, University of Nottingham. (2022)

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Risk of COVID-19 infection and the associated hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality in opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Behnoush, Amir Hossein et al (2022) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17. doi: 10.1186/s13722-022-00349-8

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Youth voices on treatment in the shadow of the overdose crisis. Key recommendations and findings for care providers.

(2022) Vancouver: British Columbia Centre on Substance Use

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Rewarding recovery: the time is now for contingency management for opioid use disorder.

Proctor, Steven L (2022) Annals of Medicine, 54, (1), pp. 1178-1187. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2068805

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Association of COVID-19 with endocarditis in patients with cocaine or opioid use disorders in the US.

Wang, Lindsey et al (2022) Molecular Psychiatry, Early online. doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01903-1

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A systematic review on cannabis hyperemesis syndrome and its management options.

Senderovich, Helen et al (2022) Medical Principles and Practice, 31. pp. 29-38. doi: 10.1159/000520417

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Association of recreational cannabis legalization with cannabis possession arrest rates in the US.

Gunadi, Christian and Shi, Yuyan (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (12). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44922

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Known unknowns of medical cannabis.

Kowalski, Katya (2022) London: Volteface.

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‘What discretion do you need?’ Factors influencing police decision-making in possession of cannabis offences.

Grace, Sharon et al (2022) Criminology & Criminal Justice, doi.org/10.1177/17488958221142478

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Association of a positive drug screening for cannabis with mortality and hospital visits among veterans affairs enrollees prescribed opioids.

Keyhani, Salomeh et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (12). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47201

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Alcohol: no ordinary commodity: research and public policy.

Babor, Thomas F et al (2022) Oxford University Press.

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Alcohol: no ordinary commodity-a summary of the third edition.

Babor, Thomas F et al (2022) Addiction, 117, (12), pp. 3024-3036. doi.org/10.1111/add.16003

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‘You’re in the alcohol Matrix, then you unplug from it, and you’re like ‘Wow’’’: exploring sober women’s management, negotiation and countering of alcohol marketing in the UK

Atkinson, A M et al (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2145935

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Webinar: Women, men and alcohol: why is gender important in alcohol control policies.

(2022) World Health Organization

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Webinar: Reducing exposure to alcogenic environments among young people: what can be learned from community-led approaches?

World Health Organization (2022)

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Alcohol use during pregnancy and motherhood: attitudes and experiences of pregnant women, mothers, and healthcare professionals.

Ujhelyi Gomez, Katalin et al (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (12). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275609

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Uncorking big alcohol in the EU. A mapping of the European alcohol industry and its lobbying efforts against public health in the EU institutions.

(2022) Stockholm: IOGT-NTO and Movendi International.

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Social work and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).

Hall, Trisha et al (2022) Iriss Insights, 68.

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Age-based differences in quantity and frequency of consumption when screening for harmful alcohol use.

Callinan, Sarah et al (2022) Addiction, 117, (9), pp. 2431-2437. doi: 10.1111/add.15904

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Characterization of problematic alcohol use among physicians: a systematic review

Wilson, Janet et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (12). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44679

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Estimating child maltreatment cases that could be alcohol-attributable in New Zealand

Huckle, Taisia and Romeo, Jose S (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16111 (In Press)

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Effectiveness of a French mass media campaign in raising knowledge of both long-term alcohol-related harms and low-risk drinking guidelines, and in lowering alcohol consumption

Quatremère, Guillemette et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16107

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Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK: registered in 2021.

(2022) London: Office for National Statistics

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Alcohol consumption and MRI markers of brain structure and function: cohort study of 25,378 UK Biobank participants.

Topiwala, Anya et al (2022) NeuroImage. Clinical, 35. doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103066

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Alcohol use contexts (social settings, drinking games/specials, and locations) as predictors of high-intensity drinking on a given day among U.S. young adults.

Terry-McElrath, Yvonne M et al (2022) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.14985

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Aging successfully, but still vulnerable: late life experiences of older adults who have recovered from alcohol use disorder.

Kermel-Schiffman, Ile and Gavriel-Fried, Belle (2022) International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37, (9). doi.org/10.1002/gps.5807

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Association between alcohol use disorder and receipt of direct-acting antiviral Hepatitis C virus treatment

Haque, Lamia Y et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (12). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46604

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A critical review of recent knowledge of alcohol's effects on the immunological response in different tissues

Crotty, Kathryn et al (2022) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, doi: 10.1111/acer.14979

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E-cigarettes and nicotine abstinence: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Hanewinkel, Reiner et al (2022) European Respiratory Review, 31, (163). doi: 10.1183/16000617.0215-2021

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How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking?

A realist review protocol. Siersbaek, Rikke et al (2022) BMJ Open, 12, (6).  doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060457

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An exploration of flavours in studies of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analyses of a systematic review with meta-analyses.

Lindson, Nicola et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16091 (In Press)

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