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Our newsletter includes links to Irish and international publications related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. 

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Irish-related publications
Characteristics of affected family members seeking treatment in their own right: a secondary analysis of existing Irish health data for 2010–2020

Kelleher, Cathy and Carew, Anne Marie and Lyons, Suzi (2023) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2232243


National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2022 alcohol treatment demand.

Condron, Ita and Lyons, Suzi and Carew, Anne Marie (2023) Dublin: Health Research Board.


National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) annual report on the activities of Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, 2022

Daly, Antoinette and Lynn, Ena (2023) Dublin: Health Research Board


North East Inner City dual diagnosis care pathway

Dublin North, North East Recovery College, Dublin North East Inner City, Recovery Academy Ireland, Dublin City University (2023) Dublin: Dublin North, North East Recovery College


The HSE ‘Safer Nightlife’ Programme 2022. Volunteer feedback on the provision of harm reduction outreach in Irish festival settings

Killeen, Nicki and Corrigan, Nicola and Keenan, Eamon (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive


Changes in first-time registration for opioid agonist treatment in Ireland between 1999 and 2019

McCarron, Peter et al (2023) Journal of Substance Use, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2023.2231536


Disordered alcohol and substance use in Irish farmers: a cross-sectional survey

O'Connor, Siobhán et al (2023) The Journal of Rural Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12783


Social disparities in alcohol's harm to others: evidence from 32 European countries

Kilian, Carolin et al (2023) International Journal on Drug Policy, 118. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104079


Analysis of changes in alcohol prices, taxation and affordability in the Republic of Ireland

Angus, Colin (2023) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland


The future of youth work. Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

(2023) Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas


Mortality risk following self-harm in young people: a population cohort study using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm

Ross, Emma et al (2023) Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 64, (7), pp. 1015-1026. doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13784


Interacting with patients at risk of self-harm or suicide - A qualitative study of community pharmacists and pharmacy staff

O'Driscoll, Michelle et al (2023) Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 11, 100293. doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100293 


Hepatitis C [Webpage]

Health Service Executive (2023) 


Local community safety partnership pilot: interim evaluation report

McGrath, K et al (2023) Dublin: Centre for Effective Services


Final review of the National Strategy on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-making 2015 – 2020

(2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth


Pathways to social work. Surveying the motivations & challenges in becoming a social worker

Mooney, Joseph et al (2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.


Evaluation of the Planet Youth Project in Galway, Mayo & Roscommon 2018 - 2022

Carroll & Daly Consultants (2023) Galway: Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force


Growing up in Ireland. Key findings: cohort ’08 at 13 years old

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Central Statistics Office. (2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth


Access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness in the UK and Ireland: a scoping review

McNeill, Sarah et al (2022) BMC Health Services Research, 22, 910. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08265-y


A place to call home: a rights based approach to understanding the lived experience of children and families facing homelessness or housing insecurity

Main report. Corr, Mary Louise et al (2023) Belfast: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People


Pandemic unemployment and social disadvantage in Ireland

Whelan, Adele et al (2023) Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute


Office of the Inspector of Prisons: inspections recommendation monitoring database [Webpage].

Office of the Inspector of Prisons (2023) 


HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2022

HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention. (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive


Health Service Executive annual report and financial statements 2022

(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive


Health services healthy Ireland implementation plan 2023 – 2027

(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive


Prison re-offending statistics 2020

(2023) Cork: Central Statistics Office


Irish beer market report 2022

(2023) Dublin: Drinks Ireland


National Women and Infants Health Programme annual report 2022

McGrane, Kilian (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive


International publications
A caring, compassionate and human rights informed drug policy for Scotland

(2023) Edinburgh: Scottish Government


Older people and drugs: health and social responses

(2023) Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction


Relational stigma as a social determinant of health: “I'm not what you _____see me as”

Addison, Michelle et al (2023) SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 4. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100295


“You don’t get that from professionals”: a consumer-led peer recovery program for families and friends of individuals with alcohol and other drugs use issues in Darwin

Tari-Keresztes, Noemi et al (2023) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, (8). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20085514


A qualitative examination of social identity and stigma among adolescents recovering from alcohol or drug use

Blyth, Sophia H et al (2023) Addictive Behaviors Reports, 18. doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2023.100505


Composition of social networks to build recovery capital differ across early and stable stages of recovery

Roxburgh, Ariel Dart et al (2023) Addiction Research & Theory, doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2238594


Rebuilding social networks in long-term social recovery from substance-use problems

Vigdal, Mariann Iren et al (2023) The British Journal of Social Work, doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad134


Time-varying effect modeling with intensive longitudinal data: examining dynamic links among craving, affect, self-efficacy and substance use during addiction recovery

Stull, Samuel W et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16284


Lifestyle factors related to prevalent chronic disease multimorbidity: a population-based cross-sectional study

Niebuur, Jacobien et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287263


A systematic review of quality of life and health-related quality of life as outcomes in substance and behavioural addictions

Dyer, Andrew et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13717


Understanding the mechanisms of action and effects of drugs of abuse

Ciucă Anghel, Daniela-Mădălina et al (2023) Molecules, 28, (13). doi: 10.3390/molecules28134969


European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN Plus): data and analysis

(2023) Lisbon: EMCDDA


Most recent data from the European Syringe Collection and Analysis Project Enterprise (ESCAPE): data explorer, analysis and key findings. [Webpage]

(2023) Lisbon: EMCDDA


Who supports drug-checking services in Australia? An analysis of 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey data

Caluzzi, Gabriel et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13707


Impact of safer supply programs on injection practices: client and provider experiences in Ontario, Canada

Gagnon, Marilou et al (2023) Harm Reduction Journal, 20. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00817-7


"2.5 g, I could do that before noon": a qualitative study on people who use drugs' perspectives on the impacts of British Columbia's decriminalization of illegal drugs threshold limit

Ali, Farihah et al (2023) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18. doi: 10.1186/s13011-023-00547-w


From harm to hope: a 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives first annual report 2022-23

Home Office (2023) London: HM Government.


Analysis of the UK Government's 10-Year drugs strategy - a resource for practitioners and policymakers

Holland, Adam et al (2023) Journal of Public Health, 45, (2). doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac114


Contribution from the Civil Society Forum on Drugs to enhance the gender perspective into EU drug policy

(2023) Amsterdam: Civil Society Forum on Drugs


Key figures on Europe - 2023 edition

Eurostat (2023) Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities


Hospitalization associated with comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders among adults with covid-19 treated in US emergency departments from April 2020 to August 2021

Schieber, Lyna Z et al (2023) JAMA Psychiatry, 80, (4), pp. 331-341. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.5047


Cause-specific excess mortality after first diagnosis of bipolar disorder: population-based cohort study

Paljärvi, Tapio et al (2023) BMJ Mental Health, 26, (1).


Youth violence intervention programme for vulnerable young people attending emergency departments in London: a rapid evaluation

Appleby, John et al (2023) Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11, (10), pp. 1-122. doi: 10.3310/JWKT0492


Functional Family Therapy for families of youth (age 11–18) with behaviour problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Littell, Julia H et al (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (3). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1324


The effects of flipped classrooms to improve learning outcomes in undergraduate health professional education

Naing, Cho et al (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (3). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1339


Editorial: How Addiction handles disagreements over potentially harmful terminology

Humphreys, Keith et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16302


NDARC webinar series presentations:
Generation COVID: young adult substance use

Hussong, Andrea M et al (2023) Current Opinion in Psychology, 52, 101640. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101640.


New benzodiazepines – bromazolam

(2023) Edinburgh: Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR)


Editorial. Opioid crisis: addiction, overprescription, and insufficient primary prevention

(2023) The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 23. doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100557


Trends in opioid toxicity-related deaths in the us before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2011-2021.

Gomes, Tara et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (7). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.22303


Co-involvement of opioids in drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants, 2011–2021

Spencer, Merianne Rose et al (2023) Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.


Opioid-related deaths during hospital admissions or shortly after discharge in the United Kingdom: a thematic framework analysis of coroner reports

Lewer, Dan et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (4). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283549


'I'm not going to leave someone to die': carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences

Speakman, Elizabeth M et al (2023) Harm Reduction Journal, 20, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00750-9


Personal recovery among people with opioid use disorder during treatment with extended-release naltrexone

Marciuch, Anne et al (2023) Heliyon, 9, (7). doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17516


Application of The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to inform understanding of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of opioid and naloxone training on college campuses

Shelton, Rachel C et al (2023) Implementation Science Communications, 4. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00438-y


The path that ends AIDS: UNAIDS global AIDS update 2023

(2023) Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS


Guideline: Vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s: diagnosis and management

Draft for consultation, July 2023. (2023) London: NICE


Cocaine or methamphetamine use during young adulthood following stimulant use for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during adolescence

McCabe, Sean Esteban et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (7). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.22650


The implementation and public health impacts of cannabis legalization in Canada: a systematic review

Hall, Wayne et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16274


The science and safety of recreational marijuana

Gaines Buchler, Emily (2023) John Hopkins University Hub


The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) report for 2022, regulated cannabis markets and international legal tensions: a missed opportunity

(2023) London: International Drug Policy Consortium


The impact of cannabis legalization and decriminalization on acute poisoning: a systematic review

Allaf, Sara et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16280


Cannabis use disorder and perioperative complications

Potnuru, Paul P et al (2023) JAMA Surgery, Early online


Impact of the introduction of medical cannabis in the UK on risk perception and recreational use of cannabis: a longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis

Waldron, Jon et al (2023) Drug Science, Policy and Law, doi.org/10.1177/20503245231168392


To weed or not to weed: a systematic review exploring the potential for cannabis use in cardiovascular disease, mental health and pain management

Seffah, Kofi D et al (2023) Cureus, 15, (6). doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40606


Recommendations for reducing the risk of cannabis use-related adverse psychosis outcomes: a public mental health-oriented evidence review

Fischer, Benedikt et al (2023) Journal of Dual Diagnosis, Early online. pp. 1-26. doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2226588


Pouring over public opinion: alcohol policies in the UK

(2023) London: Alcohol Health Alliance


Trends in alcohol-related liver disease mortality in Australia: an age-period-cohort perspective

Livingston, Michael et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16275


Characteristics of people who have received treatment for late-onset problem drinking and alcohol use disorder: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

McInerney, Kevin et al (2023) Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 40, (2), pp. 100-126. doi.org/10.1177/14550725221143170


Fetal alcohol syndrome in the UK. Burleigh

Charlotte Rebecca et al (2023)  Archives of Disease in Childhood, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-325571


Why stigma matters in addressing alcohol harm.

Morris, James and Schomerus, Georg (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, (5), pp. 1264-1268. doi: 10.1111/dar.13660


Mortality and alcohol-related morbidity in patients with delirium tremens, alcohol withdrawal state or alcohol dependence in Norway: a register-based prospective cohort study

Bramness, Jørgen G et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16297


Reported road casualties in Great Britain involving illegal alcohol levels: 2021

(2023) London: Department of Transport.


A qualitative study of the views of alcohol frequent attenders at Royal Alexandra Hospital, Renfrewshire

Barrie, Ken et al (2023) Edinburgh: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems


Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

GBD 2019 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Collaborators (2023) EClinicalMedicine, 59. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101936


Impacts of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations on use of e-cigarettes in adolescents in Great Britain: a natural experiment evaluation

Moore, Graham et al (2023) Public Health Research, 11, (5), pp. 1-102. doi: 10.3310/WTMH3198


WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke

(2023) Geneva: World Health Organization


Trends in cross-border and illicit tobacco purchases among people who smoke in England, 2019-2022

Jackson, Sarah et al (2023) Tobacco Control, Early online doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-057991


Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems or cigarette smoking after US Food and Drug Administration-prioritized enforcement against fruit-flavored cartridges

Kasza, Karin A et al (2023) JAMA network open, 6, (6). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21109


Perceptions about levels of harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes relative to cigarettes, and associations with relative e-cigarette harm perceptions, e-cigarette use and interest

Wackowski, Olivia A et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16258


Cardiopulmonary impact of electronic cigarettes and vaping products: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

Rose, Jason J et al (2023) Circulation, Early online. doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001160


Heated tobacco products: summary of research and evidence of health impacts

(2023) Geneva: World Health Organization


Neuroimaging findings in adolescent gaming disorder: a systematic review

Khor, E, et al (2023) Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early online. 10.1017/ipm.2023.36


News
Two thirds of Irish public would support disposable vape ban, Ipsos poll finds.

[Independent.ie] Hyland, Paul (27 Jul 2023)


How fentanyl changed the game for Mexico’s drug cartels

[Irish Times] Murray, Christine (25 Jul 2023)


Cormac O'Keeffe: Invest in frontline to help tackle street violence

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (22 Jul 2023)


Catherine Conlon: Why the rising price of a pint is better for our health

[Irish Examiner] Conlon, Catherine (20 Jul 2023)


Minister Butler welcomes appointment of Dr Amanda Burke as first ever Clinical Lead for Youth Mental Health

[Department of Health] (12 Jul 2023)


Drug taskforces turning addicts away amid a 400% increase in crack cocaine use

Gallagher, Conor (05 Jul 2023)


Hospital to homeless: ‘The most important thing for me is my recovery. I have to protect that at all time’

[Irish Times] Holland, Kitty (03 Jul 2023)


Some 76 babies impacted by mothers taking drugs during pregnancy

[Irish Examiner] O'Reilly, Alison (02 Jul 2023)


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