HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 20, issue 7

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Irish-related publications

National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2023 alcohol treatment demand

O'Neill, Derek and Ní Luasa, Siobhán and Lyons, Suzi and Carew, Anne Marie (2024) Dublin: Health Research Board

Integrative review on place-based and other geographically defined responses to drug-related threats in communities

Pratschke, Jonathan et al (2024) Dublin: Health Research Board

Drug use and current alternatives to coercive sanctions in Ireland. Mapping the existing alternatives to coercive sanctions for people found in possession of controlled drugs for personal use

Centre for Justice Innovation. (2024) Dublin: National Drugs Strategy. Strategic Implementation Group 5 (SIG-5)

Doyle, Anne (2024) Dublin: Health Research Board

Effect of alcohol health warning labels on knowledge related to the ill effects of alcohol on cancer risk and their public perceptions in 14 European countries: an online survey experiment

Correia, Daniela et al (2024) The Lancet. Public health, 9, (7). doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00102-6

'Resources for recovery' pre-budget submission 2025

(2024) Dublin: Local Drug & Alcohol Task Forces Chairpersons Network.

General excise: Tax Strategy Group – 24/08

(2024) Dublin: Department of Finance

"Just a knife wound this week, nothing too painful": an ethnographic exploration of how primary care patients experiencing homelessness view their own health and healthcare

Ingram, Carolyn et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (7). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299761

Under the radar: unveiling hidden homelessness across the island of Ireland

Cunningham, Derek (2024) Dublin: Simon Communities of Ireland and Simon Community Northern Ireland

Exploring changing trends in depression and anxiety among adolescents from 2012 to 2019: insights from My World repeated cross-sectional surveys

Fitzgerald, Amanda et al (2024) Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/eip.13562

Nitrous oxide tank cold burn to the forearm: a case study and discussion of the literature

Allen, Oliver and Keating, Muireann (2024) Emergency Nurse, 32, (4), pp. 22-27. doi.org/10.7748/en.2024.e2191

Coagulopathy and cannabinoids: what the radiologist should know

O'Shea, Aileen (2024) European Radiology, 34, (7), pp. 4538-4539. doi.org/10.1007/s00330-023-10532-3

The High Court Judicial Review: [2024] IEHC 463

(2024) Dublin: Courts Service

Post implementation review. Crime investigation report 2014 recommendation 9.16: property and exhibit management

(2024) Dublin: Garda Síochána Inspectorate

Exploring posttraumatic growth in individuals bereaved by suicide: a secondary data analysis of a national survey

Creegan, Mark et al (2024) Death Studies, Early online. pp. 1-9. doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2376823

The gift of peer understanding and suicide bereavement support groups: a qualitative study

Morrissey, Jean et al (2024) Death Studies, Early online. pp. 1-12. doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2378354

Patterns of hospital presenting suicide-related ideation in older adults before and during COVID-19: findings from a national clinical service in Ireland 2018-2021

Troya, M Isabela et al (2024) Archives of Suicide Research, Early online doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2307882

Commercial tobacco endgame goals: early experiences from six countries

Nip, Janine et al (2024) Nicotine & Tobacco Research, doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae069

Near FM audio interviews with people working in Task Forces and other alcohol and drug areas in Ireland

Prior, Darren J (2024)

Child and youth mortality in Ireland.

(2024) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Stolen dreams [Video]

(2024) Dublin: Archways

Model of care for preassessment services. National Clinical Programme for Anaesthesia

(2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Applying human rights approaches in social work education through incorporating practitioner involvement and social work activism in classroom settings

Cuskelly, Kerry (2024) Social Work Education, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2376192

OECD review of resourcing schools to address educational disadvantage in Ireland.

(2024) Paris: OECD Publishing

Te rodel nevo drom: ‘We are looking for a new way’. Health strategy for Roma families in HSE South West

Kennedy, Patricia et al (2024) Tralee: Health Service Executive and Tralee International Resource Centre

Customs import procedures manual.

(2024) Dublin: Revenue Commissioners

HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2023

HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention. (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Epidemiology of hepatitis C in Ireland: trends from 2004 to Q1 2024

(2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Child Law Project. Case reports 2024 volume 1

(2024) Dublin: Child Law Project

Tusla annual report & financial statements 2023

(2024) Dublin: Tusla

Justice plan 2024

(2024) Dublin: Department of Justice

Jigsaw annual report 2023

Dublin: Jigsaw

International publications

Clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders

(2024) Geneva: World Health Organization

The recovery experiences of homeless service users with substance use disorder: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

O'Shaughnessy, Branagh R et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 130. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104528

Application of the essential public health functions: an integrated and comprehensive approach to public health

WHO, International Association of National Public Health Institutes. (2024) Geneva: World Health Organization.

Health care needs and costs for children exposed to prenatal substance use to adulthood

Lee, Evelyn et al (2024) JAMA Pediatrics, Early online. 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2281

Predictors of alcohol and other drug treatment completion among young people accessing residential and community-based treatment: A retrospective analysis of routinely collected service data

Wells, Megan et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16602

National benchmarking report on implementation of the medication assisted treatment (MAT) standards 2023/24

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

The safer management of controlled drugs: annual update 2023

(2024) London: Care Quality Commission

Reduction in substance use stigma following a peer-recovery specialist behavioral activation intervention

Kleinman, Mary B et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 130. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104511

City reports Amsterdam, London, Warsaw, Esch-sur-Alzette and Bălţi.

Pomfret, Alice et al (2024) Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network

Harm Reduction Database Wales: drug related mortality: annual report 2022-23

Public Health Wales, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre. (2024) Cardiff: Public Health Wales

The cost of complacency: a harm reduction funding crisis

Davis, Charlotte et al (2024) London: Harm Reduction International

Enabling student health and success. Tackling supply and demand for drugs and improving harm reduction

Universities UK drugs taskforce. (2024) London: Universities UK drugs taskforce

Economic evaluation of the effect of needle and syringe programs on skin, soft tissue, and vascular infections in people who inject drugs: a microsimulation modelling approach

Lim, Jihoon et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01037-3

Testing and treatment interventions in community settings key to controlling a recent human immunodeficiency virus outbreak among people who inject drugs in Glasgow: a modeling study

Allen, Lara I et al (2024) Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae206 9

Hepatitis C virus and integrated care for substance use disorders

Mahoney, Benjamin J et al (2024) Clinical Liver Disease, 23, (1). DOI: 10.1097/CLD.0000000000000241

Viral hepatitis elimination barometer among people who inject drugs in Europe

(2024) Lisbon: EUDA

Critical dialogue and capacity-building projects reduced alcohol and substance use in a randomized clinical trial among formerly incarcerated men

Windsor, Liliane Cambraia et al (2024) Substance Use & Misuse, Early online. pp. 1-12. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2352611

Community Reinforcement and Family Training versus counselling for parents of treatment-refusing young adults with hazardous substance use: A randomized controlled trial

Siljeholm, Ola et al (2024) Addiction, 119, (5), pp. 915-927. doi.org/10.1111/add.16429

Evaluation of peer recovery services for substance use disorder in Minnesota: impact of peer recovery initiation on SUD treatment and recovery

Tuttle, Cody R et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 11. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100224

A systematic review of validity of US survey measures for assessing substance use and substance use disorders

Tang, Yuni et al (2024) Systematic Reviews, 13. doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02536-x

The ReCoDe addiction research consortium: losing and regaining control over drug intake-findings and future perspectives

Spanagel, Rainer et al (2024) Addiction Biology, 29, (7). doi.org/10.1111/adb.13419

“He’s used drugs - he’s biased! He’s not a drug user - what would he know!”: a cross-sectional, online study of drug researchers’ experiential knowledge of drug use and disclosure

Ompad, Danielle C et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100256

UNODC annual report 2023

(2024) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Europol consolidated annual activity report 2023

(2024) The Hague: Europol

Eurojust annual report 2023

European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation. (2024) The Hague: Eurojust

“I would never go to the doctor and speak about steroids”: anabolic androgenic steroids, stigma and harm

Cox, Luke et al (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2373056

Frequently asked questions (FAQ): therapeutic use of psychedelic substances

(2024) Lisbon: EUDA

Precursors and chemicals frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 2023

International Narcotics Control Board. (2024) Vienna: United Nations

Current NPS threats volume VII

UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Service. (2024) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly report: July 2024

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Reported xylazine use among adults aged ≥18 years evaluated for substance use treatment - United States, July 2022-September 2023

Jiang, Xinyi et al (2024) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 73, (26), pp. 594-599. /10.15585/mmwr.mm7326a2

Availability of nitazenes for purchase in Australia and internationally via cryptomarkets

Man, Nicola et al (2024) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

The impact of codeine rescheduling on non-opioid analgesic use by people who regularly use codeine: a prospective cohort study

Maher, Jessie et al (2024) International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01751-9

Perioperative naltrexone management: a scoping review by the perioperative pain and addiction interdisciplinary network

Goel, Akash et al (2024) Anesthesiology, 141, (2), pp. 388-399. doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005040

Using qualitative system dynamics modeling to understand overdose bystander behavior in the context of Connecticut's Good Samaritan Laws and identify effective policy options

Thompson, Rachel et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00990-3

Estimated effects of opioid agonist treatment in prison on all-cause mortality and overdose mortality in people released from prison in Norway: a prospective analysis of data from the Norwegian Prison Release Study (nPRIS).

Bukten, Anne and Stavseth, Marianne Riksheim (2024) The Lancet. Public health, 9, (7). doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00098-7

Pain in people seeking and receiving opioid agonist treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and correlates

Yang, Jie et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16574

Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about opioid use disorder treatment in primary care

Del Pozo, Brandon et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (6). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19094

Client preferences for the design and delivery of injectable opioid agonist treatment services: results from a best-worst scaling task

Metcalfe, Rebecca Kathleen et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16620

The challenge of the emerging semi-synthetic cannabinoid market in Europe

Sárosi, Péter (2024) Drug Reporter

Clinical effects of cannabis compared to synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs): a retrospective cohort study of presentations with acute toxicity to European hospitals between 2013 and 2020

Waters, Mitchell L et al (2024) Clinical toxicology, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2346125

Regulatory framework for cannabis: a position paper from the American College of Physicians

Crowley, Ryan et al (2024) Annals of Internal Medicine, Early online. doi.org/10.7326/M24-0638

Understanding youth and young adult cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: a scoping review on a public health issue

Kourgiantakis, Toula et al (2024) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 19. doi.org/10.1186/s13011-024-00615-

Geographic clustering of cannabis stores in Canadian cities: a spatial analysis of the legal cannabis market 4 years post-legalisation

Friesen, Erik Loewen et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13869

What can we learn from low-THC cannabis growers in Europe? A comparative transnational study of small-scale cannabis growers from Italy and Switzerland

Granville, Ashely et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104505

The first "hit" to the endocannabinoid system? Associations between prenatal cannabis exposure and frontolimbic white matter pathways in children

Evanski, Julia M et al (2024) Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 4, (1), pp. 11-18. doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.09.005

Prenatal cannabis use and maternal pregnancy outcomes

Young-Wolff, Kelly C et al (2024) JAMA Internal Medicine, Early online. 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3270

Association of psychiatric and substance use disorders with cannabis use and cannabis use disorder during early pregnancy in northern California

Young-Wolff, Kelly C et al (2024) Addiction, Early online, doi.org/10.1111/add.16622

Simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis and attenuated age-related declines in alcohol and cannabis use disorder symptoms across young adulthood

Graupensperger, Scott et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 12. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100252

Whole-of-community and intersectoral interventions that address alcohol-related harms: a scoping review

Walmisley, Ulla et al (2024) Global Public Health, 19. doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2024.2357211

Taxes and prices of alcoholic beverages in the WHO European Region in 2022. Alcohol, Illicit Drugs & Prison Health

(2024) Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Are heavier drinkers' views on situational drinking norms affected by recent experience of harm from others' drinking

Room, Robin et al (2024) Substance Use & Misuse, Early online. pp. 1-7. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2369160

The effects of alcohol container labels on consumption behaviour, knowledge, and support for labelling: a systematic review.

Zuckermann, Alexandra M E et al (2024) The Lancet Public Health, 9, (7), e481-e494. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00097-5

Health warning labels on alcoholic beverages in the WHO European Region in 2024

Alcohol, Illicit Drugs & Prison Health, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation. (2024) Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Impact of text-only versus large text-and-picture alcohol warning formats: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study in French young male drinkers

Gallopel-Morvan, Karine et al (2024) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15389

Alcohol marketing on social media: young people’s exposure, engagement and alcohol-related behaviors

McCreanor, Timothy et al (2024) Addiction Research & Theory, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2373145

A sobering wake-up call around alcohol marketing

Barker, Alex (2024) The Psychologist

Restricting digital marketing in the context of tobacco, alcohol, food and beverage

(2024) Geneva: World Health Organization.

Zero alcohol products and adolescents: a tool for harm reduction or a trojan horse?

Booth, Leon et al (2024) Appetite, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107582

Why, where, and with whom? Understanding the set and setting influencing the consumption of NoLo beverages

Piatkowski, Timothy et al (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2376086

Why do only some cohort studies find health benefits from low-volume alcohol use? A systematic review and meta-analysis of study characteristics that may bias mortality risk estimates

Stockwell, Tim et al (2024) Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 85, (4), pp. 441-452. doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00283

Do older adults drink alcohol whilst taking alcohol-interactive medication? Prevalence and ten-year mortality risk: findings from the UK Whitehall II cohort study

Wu, Yuxuan et al (2024) Addiction Research & Theory, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2380835

Expanding our understanding of long-term trends in alcohol abstention and consumption in England (2001–19) using two age–period–cohort approaches'

Opazo Breton, Magdalena et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16599

Best buys and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

(2024) Geneva: World Health Organization

The effect of tobacco tax increase on price-minimizing tobacco purchasing behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cho, Ara et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16618

WHO clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults

(2024) Geneva: World Health Organization

Financial incentives to stop smoking: potential financial consequences of different reward schedules

Valentelyte, Gintare et al (2024) Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 10. doi.org/10.18332/tpc/190617

Trends in long term vaping among adults in England, 2013-23: population based study

Jackson, Sarah E et al (2024) BMJ, 386. doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-079016

Advertising, marketing and promotion of vaping products

Conway, Lorraine (2024) London: House of Commons Library

Packaging of disposable vaping products and e-liquids in England, Canada and the United States: a content analysis

Nottage, Matilda K et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16611

Increased e-cigarette use prevalence is associated with decreased smoking prevalence among US adults

Foxon, Floe et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01056-0

Findings from the gambling survey for Great Britain: statistics on gambling participation

(2024) London: Gambling Commission

Understanding the impact of increased cost of living on gambling behaviour - final report

(2024) London: Gambling Commission

The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tran, Lucy T et al (2024) The Lancet Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00126-9

Sleep problems and gambling disorder: cross-sectional relationships in a young cohort

Austin, Holly A et al (2024) Journal of Gambling Studies, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10899-024-10335-1

Examining the role of sports betting marketing in youth problem gambling

Di Censo, Gianluca et al (2024) Journal of Gambling Studies, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10899-024-10347-x

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