HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 18, issue 2

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Irish-related publications

Gambling in the Republic of Ireland. Results from the 2019–20 National Drug and Alcohol Survey.

Mongan, Deirdre et al (2022) Dublin: Health Research Board.

Flash Eurobarometer 493. Impact of drugs on communities Ireland.

Ipsos European Public Affairs. (2022) European Commission.

Global burden of disease: estimates of alcohol use and attributable burden in Ireland. What the data tell us and what we need to do to address the burden of alcohol.

Kabir, Zubair et al (2022) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland; UCC School of Public Health.

Adolescent addiction service report 2022.

Adolescent addiction service (2022) Dublin: Health Service Executive.

Delivering custody services a rights-based review of the treatment, safety and wellbeing of persons in custody in Garda Síochána stations.

(2022) Dublin: Garda Síochána Inspectorate.

Nitrous oxide-induced myeloneuropathy: an emerging public health issue.

McCormick, John P et al (2022) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-02945-8

Cannabidiol modulation of hippocampal glutamate in early psychosis.

O'Neill, Aisling et al (2021) Journal of Psychopharmacology, 35, (7), pp. 814-822.

Information for Traveller women on tablet use and abuse.

(2022) Dublin: Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre

High levels of psychological distress, sleep disturbance, and alcohol use disorder in adults with atopic dermatitis.

Gilhooley, Eimear et al (2021) Dermatitis, 32, (1S), S33-S38.

Video 6 – Alcohol use, harm and policy in Ireland.

Doyle, Anne (2021) Midlands Science.

The impact of COVID-19 on alcohol consumption.

Allen, Kathryn et al (2022) Irish Medical Journal, 115, (w), p. 550.

The mediating roles of mental health and substance use on suicidal behavior among undergraduate students with ADHD.

Brown, Natasha et al (2022) Journal of Attention Disorders, Early online. 10870547221075844.

Perceived social support and stress: a study of 1st year students in Ireland.

McLean, Lavinia e al (2022) International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, pp. 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s11469-021-00710-z

Progress in the penal system: the need for transparency (2021).

(2022) Dublin: Irish Penal Reform Trust.

Yes It’s Abuse: Young people’s understanding of & attitudes to intimate relationship abuse.

(2022) Dublin: Women's Aid.

The drugs don't work.

Hallisey, Mary (2022) Law Society Gazette Ireland, Jan/Feb. pp. 56-59.

Minimum unit pricing is the minimum that must be done to combat problem drinking.

Conlon, Catherine (2022) Irish Medical Times

Children's Rights Alliance report card 2022.

(2022) Dublin: Children's Rights Alliance.

State of the Nation's Children: key findings 2021.

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2022) Dublin: Government Publications

Slaintecare progress report 2021.

(2022) Dublin: Department of Health.

The problem gambling podcast. Season six.

Grant, Barry and O'Reilly, Tony (2022)

International publications

Flash Eurobarometer 493 – Impact of drugs on communities – June-July 2021

Ipsos European Public Affairs. (2022) Publications Office of the European Union.

Spotlight on… Drug consumption rooms.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2022)

Resilience to the effects of social stress on vulnerability to developing drug addiction.

Calpe-López, Claudia et al (2022) World Journal of Psychiatry, 12, (1), pp. 24-58.

Parental substance use disorder and offspring not in education, employment or training: a national cohort study of young adults in Sweden.

Welford, Paul et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15807

Effect of exposure to visual campaigns and narrative vignettes on addiction stigma among health care professionals: a randomized clinical trial.

Kennedy-Hendricks, Alene et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (2), e2146971

DNA epigenetics in addiction susceptibility.

Kaplan, Graham et al (2022) Frontiers in Genetics, 13. 806685.

Affected other interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis across addictions.

Merkouris, Stephanie S et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15825

The Parents under Pressure parenting programme for families with fathers receiving treatment for opioid dependence: the PuP4Dads feasibility study.

Whittaker, Anne et al (2022) Southampton: NIHR Journals Library.

Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the SHARPS study.

Parkes, Tessa et al (2022) Harm Reduction Journal, 19, (1), p. 10.

“Nothing about us, without us”. Tips for policy-makers on child and adolescent participation in policy development.

Kelly, Colette et al (2021) Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Vulnerability, risk and harm for people who use drugs and are engaged in transactional sex.

Matheson, Catriona et al (2022) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, (3), p. 1840.

Acceptability, feasibility, and pilot results of the tele-harm reduction intervention for rapid initiation of antiretrovirals among people who inject drugs.

Tookes, Hansel E et al (2021) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 229, (Pt A), 109124.

Women's experiences of prison-based mental healthcare: a systematic review of qualitative literature.

Bright, Ann-Marie et al (2022) International Journal of Prisoner Health, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijph-09-2021-0091

The decriminalisation of people who use drugs: evidence for a critical societal enabler to end AIDS. Submission to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

IDPC Consortium, Harm Reduction International, Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, Instituto RIA. (2022) London: International Drug Policy Consortium.

Interim opioid agonist treatment for opioid addiction: a systematic review.

Samsó Jofra, Laura et al (2022) Harm Reduction Journal, 19, (1), p. 7

Comparison of intranasal and intramuscular naloxone in opioid overdoses managed by ambulance staff: a double-dummy, randomised, controlled trial.

Skulberg, Arne Kristian et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15806

Evaluation of the pharmaceutical benefits scheme subsidised take home naloxone pilot.

Salom, Caroline et al (2022) Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia.

State toolkit to end the Nation’s drug overdose epidemic: leading-edge actions and strategies to remove barriers to evidence-based patient care.

(2022) Chicago: AMA and Manatt Health.

Naltrexone implant for opioid use disorder.

Edinoff, Amber N et al (2021) Neurology International, 14, (1), pp. 49-61.

United States of America: Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking. Final report.

Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking. (2022) California: RAND Corporation.

The impact of stigma on people with opioid use disorder, opioid treatment, and policy.

Cheetham, Ali et al (2022) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 13. pp. 1-12.

Comparison of self-harm or overdose among adolescents and young adults before vs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.

Ray, Joel G et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (1), e2143144

Electroanalysis of fentanyl and its new analogs: a review.

Choińska, Marta Katarzyna et al (2022) Biosensors, 12, (1), p. 26.

Perceived availability and carriage of take-home naloxone and factors associated with carriage among people who inject drugs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Spring, Christiane et al (2022) The International Journal of Drug Policy, 102. 103615.

Overdose deaths involving non-BZD hypnotic/sedatives in the USA: trends analyses.

Tardelli, Vitor S et al (2022) The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Early online. 100190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100190 (In Press)

Risk of opioid overdose associated with concomitant use of oxycodone and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

Yunusa, Ismaeel et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (2), e220194.

The effectiveness of low dead space syringes for reducing the risk of hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs - findings from a national survey in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Trickey, Adam et al (2022) Clinical Infectious Diseases, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac140

Shooting up: infections and other injecting-related harms among people who inject drugs in the UK, 2020.

(2021) London: UK Health Security Agency.

National wound care guide: an introduction to recognising and assessing common wounds and injecting injuries in people who inject drugs.

(2022) Edinburgh: Scottish Drugs Forum.

Use of marijuana: effect on brain health: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Testai, Fernando D et al (2022) Stroke, doi: 10.1161/STR.0000000000000396

Bechard, Melanie et al (2022) CMAJ Open, 10, (1), E100-E108

Evaluation of self-reported cannabis vaping among US youth and young adults who use e-cigarettes.

Sun, Ruoyan et al (2022) JAMA Pediatrics, 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6102

Driving performance and cannabis users' perception of safety: a randomized clinical trial.

Marcotte, Thomas D et al (2022) JAMA Psychiatry, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4037

Editorial. Role of cannabinoids in inflammation.

Downer, Eric J (2022) Molecules, 27, (2), p. 478.

Do cannabis and amphetamine use in adolescence predict adult life success: a longitudinal study.

Najman, Jake M et al (2022) Addiction Research & Theory, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2032679

A week for children of households with alcohol problems.

(2022) Stockholm: Movendi International.

Alcohol sales and harm in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Richardson, Elizabeth et al (2022) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

Minimum Unit Pricing: qualitative study of the experiences of homeless drinkers, street drinkers and service providers.

Elliott, Lawrie et al (2022) Edinburgh: Chief Scientist Office.

Impact of introducing a minimum alcohol tax share in retail prices on alcohol-attributable mortality in the WHO European Region: A modelling study.

Neufeld, Maria et al (2022) The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 100325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100325

Evaluation of Utah’s .05 BAC Per Se Law.

(2022) Washington: United States. Department of Transportation.

Alcohol intake and total mortality in 142 960 individuals from the MORGAM Project: a population-based study.

Di Castelnuovo, Augusto et al (2022) Addiction, 117, (2), pp. 312-325

Youth drinking in decline: what are the implications for public health, public policy and public debate?

Holmes, John et al (2022) International Journal of Drug Policy, 102. 103606.

Industry influence over global alcohol policies via the World Trade Organization: a qualitative analysis of discussions on alcohol health warning labelling, 2010–19.

Barlow, Pepita et al (2022) The Lancet Global Health, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00570-2

Educ' Alcool's misinformation: more mixed messages about alcohol harms.

Petticrew, Mark P et al (2022) European Journal of Public Health, 32, (1), pp. 6-7.

Manufacturing doubt: Assessing the effects of independent vs industry-sponsored messaging about the harms of fossil fuels, smoking, alcohol, and sugar sweetened beverages.

Maani, N et al (2022) SSM - Population Health, 17. 101009.

Strategies to expand corporate autonomy by the tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverage industry: a scoping review of reviews.

Hoe, Connie et al (2022) Globalization and Health, 18, (17).

The impact of changes in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on alcohol consumption and drinking occasion characteristics in Scotland and England in 2020: an interrupted time-series analysis.

Hardie, Iain et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15794

Dissociative symptomatology mediates the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder severity and alcohol-related problems.

Patel, Herry et al (2022) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 46, (2), pp. 289-299.

Insights from experience: alcohol and suicide.

(2022) Surrey: Samaritans.

Report on strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer – towards a comprehensive and coordinated strategy.

European Parliament Special Committee on Beating Cancer (2022) Brussels: European Parliament

Current insights on the impact of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) abuse.

Tay, Emma et al (2022) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 13. pp. 13-23. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S315720

Interventions to increase youth employment: an evidence and gap map.

Apunyo, Robert et al (2022) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18, (1), e1216.

Asymmetry in psychoactive research: a bibliometric study on 15 psychoactive drugs.

Lebrero-Tatay, Julia et al (2022) Journal of Drug Issues, https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426211068439

Using primary care databases for addiction research: an introduction and overview of strengths and weaknesses.

Kotz, Daniel et al (2022) Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15. 100407.

Effects of second responder programs on repeat incidents of family abuse: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Petersen, Kevin et al (2022) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18, (1), e1217.

Human rights at the heart of drug policies. Pompidou Group (2022) 50th anniversary of the Pompidou Group.

Strasbourg: Council of Europe

Organized crime groups: a systematic review of individual-level risk factors related to recruitment

Calderoni, Francesco et al (2022) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18, (1), e1218.

Consumption and effects of caffeinated energy drinks in young people: an overview of systematic reviews and secondary analysis of UK data to inform policy.

Khouja, Claire et al (2022) BMJ Open, 12, (2), e047746.

Evaluation of statewide restrictions on flavored e-cigarette sales in the US from 2014 to 2020.

Ali, Fatma Romeh M et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (2), e2147813.

Exposure to toxicants associated with use and transitions between cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and no tobacco.

Dai, Hongying et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (2), e2147891.

Effectiveness of e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation: evidence from the PATH study cohort, 2017–2019.

Chen, Ruifeng et al (2022) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056901

Electronic cigarette use promotes a unique periodontal microbiome.

Thomas, Scott C et al (2022) mBio, Early online. e0007522.

Variations in risks from smoking between high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of data from 179 000 participants from 63 countries.

Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu et al. (2022) The Lancet. Global health, 10, (2), e216-e226.

Parental smoking and young adult offspring psychosis, depression and anxiety disorders and substance use disorder.

Sarala, Marian et al (2022) European Journal of Public Health, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac004

Current status of evidence for a new diagnosis: food addiction - a literature review.

Vasiliu, Octavian (2021) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. 824936.

Sleep in habitual adult video gamers: a systematic review.

Kemp, Chadley et al (2021) Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15. p. 781351.

Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy-based intervention in preventing gaming disorder and unspecified internet use disorder in adolescents: a cluster randomized clinical trial.

Lindenberg, Katajun et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (2), e2148995.

Prevalence of internet gaming disorder in medical students: a meta-analysis.

Chiang, Christine L L et al (2021) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. 760911.

Screen use and internet addiction among parents of young children: a nationwide Canadian cross-sectional survey.

Dennis, Cindy-Lee et al (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (1), e0257831.

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