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Video: Street drug discussions - deep dive into alcohol

Nutt, David (2021) Street drug discussions - deep dive into alcohol. Drug Science

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BMJ Best practice

BMJ Best practice. Clinical resource available to freely to those in Ireland through the HSE library service.

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Overview of the major classes of new psychoactive substances, psychoactive effects, analytical determination and conformational analysis of selected illegal drugs

Lukić, Vera et al (2021) Open Chemistry, 19, (1).

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Close to home: delivering a national Housing First programme in England.

The Centre for Social Justice. (2021)  London: Centre for Social Justice. 

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CSFD advocacy plan for the promotion & implementation of minimum quality standards in drug demand reduction.

Civil Society Forum on Drugs (2021)  Amsterdam: Civil Society Forum on Drugs.

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Video: Overview of some international initiatives on quality in treatment.

Dale-Perera, Annette (2020) ISSUP.

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Balancing access to opioid substitution treatment (OST) with preventing the diversion of opioid substitution medications in Europe: challenges and implications. Technical report.

EMCDDA (2021) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

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European Syringe Collection and Analysis Enterprise: generic protocol.

EMCDDA (2021) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

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An analysis of drugs in used syringes from sentinel European cities: results from the ESCAPE project, 2018 and 2019. Technical report.

EMCDDA (2021) Luxembourg: Office of the European Union.

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Telemedicine support for addiction services: National rapid guidance document.

Bruneau, Julie et al (2020) Montreal, Quebec: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse.

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Digital interventions for people with co-occurring depression and problematic alcohol use: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Schouten, Maria J E et al (2021)  Alcohol and Alcoholism, agaa147.

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Harm reduction worker safety during the COVID-19 global pandemic: National rapid guidance document.

Elton-Marshall, Tara et al (2020) Toronto, ON: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse

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Reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in supportive recovery programs and residential addiction treatment services: National rapid guidance document.

Cooksey, J et al (2020) Vancouver: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse.

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Medications and other clinical approaches to support physical distancing for people who use substances during the COVID-19 pandemic: National rapid guidance document.

Brar, Rupinder et al (2020) Vancouver: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse.

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Supporting people who use substances in acute care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: CRISM – interim guidance document.

Dong, K et al (2020)  Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse.

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Drugs in the time of COVID: the UK drug market response to lockdown restrictions. Interim findings.

Aldridge, Judith et al (2021) London: Release

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Supporting people who use substances in shelter settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hyshka, K et al (2020) Edmonton; Alberta: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse

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Isolation, solitude and social distancing for people who use drugs: an ethnographic perspective.

Roe, Laura et al (2020) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, p. 623032.

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A rapid review of the impacts of "Big Events" on risks, harms, and service delivery among people who use drugs: implications for responding to COVID-19.

Zolopa, Camille et al (2021) The International Journal of Drug Policy, p. 103127.

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The effects of sleep quality and resilience on perceived stress, dietary sleep quality and resilience on perceived stress, dietary behaviors, and alcohol misuse: a mediation-moderation analysis of higher education students from Asia, Europe, and America

Du, Chen et al (2021) Nutrients 13, (2).

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Do dual purchasers behave differently? An analysis of purchasing data for households that buy both alcohol and tobacco in the United Kingdom.

Wilson, Luke B et al (2021) Addiction, Early online

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Barriers and enablers of implementation of alcohol guidelines with pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey among UK midwives.

Smith, Lesley A et al (2021) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21, (1), p. 134.

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Associations between occupation and heavy alcohol consumption in UK adults aged 40-69 years: a cross-sectional study using the UK Biobank.

Thompson, Andrew and Pirmohamed, Munir (2021) BMC Public Health, 21, (1), p.190.

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Identification of behavior change techniques from successful web-based interventions targeting alcohol consumption, binge eating, and gambling: systematic review.

Humphreys, Gabrielle et al (2021) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23, (2), e22694.

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The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales.

Bryant, Lucy and Lightowlers, Carly (2021) PLoS ONE, 16, (2), e0243206.

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Association between opioid agonist therapy use and HIV testing uptake among people who have recently injected drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ferraro, Claire F et al (2020) Addiction, Early online.

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Projected estimates of opioid mortality after community-level interventions.

Linas, Benjamin P et al (2021) JAMA Network Open, 4, (2), e2037259.

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Are patients' goals in treatment associated with expected treatment outcomes? Findings from a mixed-methods study on outpatient pharmacological treatment for opioid use disorder.

Rosic, Tea et al (2021) BMJ Open, 11, (1), e044017.

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The importance of studying sex and gender differences in opioid misuse.

McHugh, R Kathryn (2020) JAMA Network Open, 3, (12), e2030676.

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Interventions to address the opioid crisis-modeling predictions and consequences of inaction.

Volkow, Nora D and Blanco, Carlos (2021)  JAMA Network Open, 4, (2), e2037385

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How do people who use drugs experience treatment? A qualitative analysis of views about opioid substitution treatment in primary care (iCARE study).

Alves, Paula Cristina Gomes et al (2021) BMJ Open, 11, (2), e042865.

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Cannabidiol as a treatment for craving and relapse in individuals with cocaine use disorder: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Mongeau-Pérusse, et al (2021) Addiction, Early online.

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Oral health implications of cannabis smoking: a rapid evidence review.

Keboa, Mark Tambe et al (2020) Journal Canadian Dental Association, 86, k2.

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Cannabis based medicines and cannabis dependence: a critical review of issues and evidence.

Schlag, Anne K et al (2021) Journal of Psychopharmacology.

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Psychiatric symptoms caused by cannabis constituents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hindley, Guy et al (2020) The Lancet Psychiatry, 7, (4), pp. 344-353.

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The effects of cannabis use on the development of adolescents and young adults.

Hall, Wayne et al (2020) Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 2, pp.461-483.

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Australian drug trends 2020: key findings from the National Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) interviews.

Peacock, Amy et al (2021) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

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Understanding high mortality rates among people with multiple and complex needs.

Perry, Rachel et al (2020) Newcastle: Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health.

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Drug Use in Street Sex worKers (DUSSK) study: results of a mixed methods feasibility study of a complex intervention to reduce illicit drug use in drug dependent female sex workers.

Patel, Rita et al (2020) BMJ Open, 10, (12), e036491

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Substance use and antisocial behaviour in adolescence. Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study at age 17.

Fitzsimons, Elma and Villadsen, Aase (2021) London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

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Police in the classroom. Evaluation of a three-wave cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Pósch, Krisztián and Jackson, Jonathan (2021) London: London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Partners or opponents? Alcohol industry strategy and the 2016 revision of the U.K. low-risk drinking guidelines.

Hawkins, Benjamin R and McCambridge, Jim (2021) Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 82, (1), pp. 84-92.

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The politics of being an ‘expert’: a critical realist auto-ethnography of drug policy advisory panels in the UK.

Stevens, Alex (2021) Kent Academic Repository, Early online.

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Competing frames in global health governance: an analysis of stakeholder influence on the political declaration on non-communicable diseases.

Suzuki, Mao et al (2021) International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Early online.

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International study of definitions of English-language terms for suicidal behaviours: a survey exploring preferred terminology.

De Leo, Diego et al (2021) BMJ Open, 11, (2), e043409

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A casino in my pocket: gratifications associated with obsessive and harmonious passion for mobile gambling.

Whelan, Eoin et al (2021) PLoS ONE 16, (2), e0246432.

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