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Evidence Resources
How is the COVID-19 pandemic changing our use of illegal drugs? An overview of ongoing research.
Lawn, Will and Skumlien, Martine [SSA] . (2020) How is the COVID-19 pandemic changing our use of illegal drugs? An overview of ongoing research. London: Society for the Study of Addiction. SSA Feature
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COVID-19 and drugs: drug supply via darknet markets.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2020) COVID-19 and drugs: drug supply via darknet markets. Lisbon: EMCDDA. 22 p.

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Association of the Covid-19 lockdown with smoking, drinking, and attempts to quit in England: an analysis of 2019-2020 data.
Jackson, Sarah E and Garnett, Claire and Shahab, Lion and Oldham, Melissa and Brown, Jamie . (2020) Association of the Covid-19 lockdown with smoking, drinking, and attempts to quit in England: an analysis of 2019-2020 data. medRXiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.25.20112656
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Innovative strategies to support physical distancing among individuals with active addiction.
Bach, Paxton and Robinson, Samantha and Sutherland, Christy and Brar, Rupinder . (2020) Innovative strategies to support physical distancing among individuals with active addiction. Elsevier. The Lancet. Psychiatry DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30231-5
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Suggestions about treatment, care and rehabilitation of people with drug use disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. [UNODC] (2020) Suggestions about treatment, care and rehabilitation of people with drug use disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vienna: UNODC. 5 p.
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Public health messaging and harm reduction in the time of COVID-19.

Karamouzian, Mohammad and Johnson, Cheyenne and Kerr, Thomas. (2020) Public health messaging and harm reduction in the time of COVID-19. The Lancet. Psychiatry, 7 (5) 390-91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30144-9

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Best practices for telehealth during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Richardson, Jeff and Ingoglia, Charles . (2020) Best practices for telehealth during COVID-19 public health emergency. Washington: National Council for Behavioral Health. 4 p.
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Rapid review on coronavirus/COVID-19: policies, actions and resources related to drug and alcohol addiction across IIMHL and IIDL countries

Appleton, Steve, ed. Peters, Janet. (2020) Rapid review on coronavirus/COVID-19: policies, actions and resources related to drug and alcohol addiction across IIMHL and IIDL countries. New Zealand: International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership. 28 p.

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Using mobile telephones to deliver Contingency Management interventions.
Getty, Carol Anne [SSA] . (2020) Using mobile telephones to deliver Contingency Management interventions. London: Society for the Study of Addiction. SSA Feature
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Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing in Scotland: Observational study of small retailers.

Stead, Martine et al. (2020) Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing in Scotland: Observational study of small retailers. 340 p.

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Drug-related infectious diseases in Europe: Update from the EMCDDA expert network, 2020.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2020) Drug-related infectious diseases in Europe: Update from the EMCDDA expert network, 2020. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 27 p.
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Minimum unit pricing in Scotland: what we know so far about its effects on consumption and health harms.
Institute of Alcohol Studies. [IAS] (2020) Minimum unit pricing in Scotland: what we know so far about its effects on consumption and health harms. London: Institute of Alcohol Studies. 20 p.
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Inequalities in victimisation: alcohol, violence, and anti-social behaviour.
Institute of Alcohol Studies. Bryant, Lucy [IAS] . (2020) Inequalities in victimisation: alcohol, violence, and anti-social behaviour. London: Institute of Alcohol Studies. 44 p.
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An alcohol ad every 35 seconds. A snapshot of how the alcohol industry is using a global pandemic as a marketing opportunity.
Foundation for Alcohol Research & Education, Cancer Council WA. (2020) An alcohol ad every 35 seconds. A snapshot of how the alcohol industry is using a global pandemic as a marketing opportunity. ACT, Australia: FARE. 12 p.
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Alcohol, smoking, and other substance use in the perinatal period.
Wilson, Claire A and Finch, Emily and Kerr, Catherine and Shakespeare, Judy [BMJ] . (2020) Alcohol, smoking, and other substance use in the perinatal period. BMJ, 369 (m1627) doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1627
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Clearing the smoke on cannabis: edible cannabis products, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals.
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. [CCSA] (2020) Clearing the smoke on cannabis: edible cannabis products, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals. Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. 16 p.
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Heated tobacco products: a brief.
Peruga, Armando [WHO] . (2020) Heated tobacco products: a brief. Copenhagan: WHO Regional Office for Europe. 16 p.
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Electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems: a brief.
Peruga, Armando [WHO] . (2020) Electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems: a brief. Copenhagan: WHO Regional Office for Europe. 20 p.
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Transition of substance-induced, brief, and atypical psychoses to schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Murrie, Benjamin and Lappin, Julia and Large, Matthew and Sara, Grant . (2020) Transition of substance-induced, brief, and atypical psychoses to schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46 (3) 505-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbz102
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Do AKT1, COMT and FAAH influence reports of acute cannabis intoxication experiences in patients with first episode psychosis, controls and young adult cannabis users?

Hindocha, Chandni et al. (2020) Do AKT1, COMT and FAAH influence reports of acute cannabis intoxication experiences in patients with first episode psychosis, controls and young adult cannabis users? Translational psychiatry, 10 (1) 143. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0823-9

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Short- and longer-term benefits of temporary alcohol abstinence during 'dry january' are not also observed among adult drinkers in the general population: prospective cohort study.
de Visser, Richard O and Piper, Richard . (2020) Short- and longer-term benefits of temporary alcohol abstinence during 'dry january' are not also observed among adult drinkers in the general population: prospective cohort study. Alcohol and Alcoholism, Early online https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agaa025
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Estimating the prevalence of problem drug use from drug-related mortality data.

Jones, Hayley E et al. (2020) Estimating the prevalence of problem drug use from drug-related mortality data. Addiction, Early online DOI: 10.1111/add.15111

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Human rights and people who use drugs in the Mediterranean region: current situation in 17 MedNET countries.

Pompidou Group. (2020) Human rights and people who use drugs in the Mediterranean region: current situation in 17 MedNET countries. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. 60 p.

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