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Individual placement and support - alcohol and drug study: main findings

(2024) London: Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

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Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival

Puljević, Cheneal et al (2024) The Science of the Total Environment, 921. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170934

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Reducing the harm from illegal drugs. Eleventh report of session 2023–24

House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. (2024) London: House of Commons

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Single programming document 2024–2026

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2024) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

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Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence, and improve educational attainment: a systematic review

Ponsford, Ruth et al (2024) Public Health Research, 12, (2), pp. 1-322. DOI: 10.3310/DWTR3299

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CHildren AMplified Prevention Services: the CHAMPS initiative

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

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CAMH Monitor eReport 2023. Substance use, mental health and well-being among Ontario adults

Nigatu, Yeshambel T and Hamilton, Hayley A (2023) Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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Women, addictions, mental health, dishonesty, and crime stigma: solutions to reduce the social harms of stigma

Page, Sarah et al (2024) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21, (1). doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21010063

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Hard Edges: The reality for women affected by severe and multiple disadvantage

Johnsen, Sarah and Blenkinsopp, Janice (2024) Edinburgh: Heriot-Watt University

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Structural stigma and LGBTQ+ health: a narrative review of quantitative studies

Hatzenbuehler, Mark L et al The Lancet Public Health, 9, (2), e109-e127. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00312-2

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Popular media misinformation on neonatal abstinence syndrome, 2015-2021

McCreedy, Katie et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 125. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104341

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Participation in Australian drug treatment programs for individuals engaging in high-risk substance use: data from a nationally representative sample

Leung, Janni et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13792

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An umbrella review of candidate predictors of response, remission, recovery, and relapse across mental disorders

Solmi, Marco et al (2023) Molecular Psychiatry, 28, (9), pp. 3671-3687. doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02298-3

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Best practice guidelines for research around drugs issues

Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Brigstow Institute, University of Bristol. (2023) Bristol: Transform Drug Policy Foundation.

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#ScaleUp. Scalable interventions for the treatment and care of stimulant use disorders

UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section. (2024) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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Assessing the need for, and views on, drug checking services in Edinburgh

Carver, Hannah et al (2023) Edinburgh: City of Edinburgh Council

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A cluster analysis of European life in recovery data: what are the typical patterns of recovery experience?

Best, David et al (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2311841

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Perceptions of residential rehabilitation among referrers

Keeble, Rachel et al (2024) Public Health Scotland

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Longitudinal clustering of health behaviours and their association with multimorbidity in older adults in England: a latent class analysis.

Suhag, Alisha et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297422

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Eliminating hepatitis C in Europe: a report on policy implementation for people who inject drugs

Civil Society Monitoring of Harm Reduction in Europe 2023. C-EHRN Focal Points. Tammi, Tuukka et al (2024) Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network

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Impact of harm minimization interventions on reducing blood-borne infection transmission and some injecting behaviors among people who inject drugs: an overview and evidence gap mapping

Tonin, Fernanda S et al (2024) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19. doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00439-9

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The time of cure: hepatitis C treatment and the matter of reinfection among people who inject drugs

Rance, J et al (2024) Health Sociology Review, Early online. pp. 1-15. doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2024.2315031

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Addictions Edited: the monthly take-home podcast. Series 2, 2024

Calder, Robert (2024) London: Society for the Study of Addiction.

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A review of the evidence on the use and harms of xylazine, medetomidine and detomidine.

(2024) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

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Characteristics of alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use among persons aged 13–18 years being assessed for substance use disorder treatment — United States, 2014–2022

Connolly, Sarah et al (2024) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 73, (5), pp. 93-98. doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7305a1

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ASSAD 2022–2023: Australian secondary school students’ use of alcohol and other substances.

Scully, Maree et al (2023) Sydney: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

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Changing landscapes: current and future developments in the field of drug consumption rooms in Europe

Moura, Joana and Gayo, Roberto Perez (2024) Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network.

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Needs assessment and feasibility study for a safer drug consumption facility in Edinburgh

Nicholls, James et al (2023) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis

Rammohan, Indhu et al (2024) The Lancet Public Health, 9, (2). doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00300-6

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Responding to 'wicked problems': policy and governance on drug-related deaths in English and Welsh prisons, 2015-2021.

Duke, Karen and MacGregor, Susanne (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 126. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104358

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Suicide by people in contact with drug and alcohol services: a national study 2021 to 2022

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH). (2024) Manchester: The University of Manchester.

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Using alone at home: what's missing in housing-based responses to the overdose crisis?

Fleming, Taylor et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00933-y

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Estimating the ratio of fatal to non-fatal overdoses involving all drugs, all opioids, synthetic opioids, heroin or stimulants, USA, 2010-2020

Casillas, Shannon M et al (2024) Injury Prevention, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-045091

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Naloxone: legal challenges and opportunities for life saving intervention

Piot, Alexandre (2024) Oregan: Centre for Evidence Based Policy

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National naloxone programme Scotland: annual monitoring report 2021/22 and 2022/23

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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Opioid prescribing patterns after imposition of setting-specific limits on prescription duration

Allen, Lindsay D et al (2024) JAMA Health Forum, 5, (1). 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4731

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Novel therapeutic and program-based approaches to opioid use disorders

Liu, Patricia et al (2024) Annual Review of Medicine, 75. pp. 83-97. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-med-050522-033924

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Prescribed safer opioid supply: a scoping review of the evidence

Ledlie, Shaleesa et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 125. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104339

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Factors associated with frequent buprenorphine / naloxone initiation in a national survey of Canadian emergency physicians

MacKinnon, Nathalie et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297084

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Opioid agonist treatment and trust in the community pharmacy setting: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences

Caruana, Theresa (2023) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2309982

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Development and validation of a brief screening tool for over-the-counter codeine dependence

McCoy, Jacqui et al (2024) Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 20, (2), pp. 182-189. doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.11.002

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Development of an anxiety disorder following an emergency department visit due to cannabis use: a population-based cohort study

Myran, Daniel T et al (2024) EClinicalMedicine, doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102455

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Cannabis-involvement in emergency department visits for self-harm following medical and non-medical cannabis legalization

Myran, Daniel T et al (2024) Journal of Affective Disorders, 351. pp. 853-862. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.264

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Assessment of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use and its related consequences and cognitions in college students: a narrative review.

Shipley, Jennifer L and Braitman, Abby L (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48, (2), pp. 230-240. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15258

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Are we moving into a new era for alcohol policy globally? An analysis of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30

McCambridge, Jim and Lesch, Matthew (2024) BMJ Global Health, 9, (2). doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014246

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Minimum unit pricing of alcohol – continuation and future pricing. Business and regulatory impact assessment

(2024) Edinburgh: Scottish Government

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Estimating the effects of hypothetical alcohol minimum unit pricing policies on alcohol use and deaths: a State example

Bertin, Lauren et al (2024) Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 85, (1), pp. 120-132. doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00274

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Economic evaluations of alcohol pharmacotherapy: systematic review of economic evaluations of pharmacotherapy for the treatment of alcohol use disorder

Higginbotham, Benjamin et al (2024) The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 58, (2), pp. 117-133. doi.org/10.1177/00048674231201541

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The confluence of legacy, corporate social responsibility, and public health: the case of Migros and alcohol-free retailing in Switzerland

Klingemann, Harald and Lesch, Matthew (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 125. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104333

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The impact of raising alcohol taxes on government tax revenue: insights from five European countries

Manthey, Jakob et al (2024) Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s40258-024-00873-5

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The WHO Foundation in global health governance: depoliticizing corporate philanthropy

Ralston, Rob et al (2024) Social Science & Medicine, 344.  doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116515

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Qualitative analysis of UK women's attitudes to calorie-based alcohol marketing and alcohol calorie labelling

Atkinson, Amanda M et al (2024) Health Promotion International, 39, (1). doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae006

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Alcohol and the brain

Andreasson, Sven et al (2024) CERA

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Biological aging markers in blood and brain tissue indicate age acceleration in alcohol use disorder

Zillich, Lea et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48, (2), pp. 250-259. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15241

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Longitudinal examination of alcohol demand and alcohol-related reinforcement as predictors of heavy drinking and adverse alcohol consequences in emerging adults

Bird, Brian M et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16443

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Evaluating the impact of local alcohol licensing decisions on outcomes for the community: a systematic review

Blank, Lindsay et al (2024) BMJ Public Health, 2, (1). doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000533

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Prevalence of energy drink consumption world-wide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aonso-Diego, Gema et al (2024) Addiction, 119, (3), pp. 438-463. doi.org/10.1111/add.16390

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Creating a psychosocial intervention combining growth mindset and implementation intentions (GMII) to reduce alcohol consumption: a mixed method approach

Parada, Sacha et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297647

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Recovery of neuropsychological function following abstinence from alcohol in adults diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder: Systematic review of longitudinal studies

Powell, Anna et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296043

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Australian psychologists' knowledge, confidence, and practices in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment

Kerimofski, Katherine L et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15275

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Outcomes in clinical subgroups of patients with alcohol-related hospitalizations

Friesen, Erik L et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (1). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.53971

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European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2024 with focus on colorectal cancer

Santucci, C et al (2024) Annals of Oncology, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.12.003

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Brief interventions for smoking and alcohol associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a population survey in England

Kock, Loren et al (2024) BMC Public Health, 24. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17559-7

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Detection of anabolic-androgenic steroids in e-cigarettes seized from prisons: a case study

Harries, Richard L et al (2024) Forensic Science International, 356. doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.111965

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Efficacy and safety of e-cigarette use for smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Levett, Jeremy Y et al (2023) The American Journal of Medicine, 136, (8), 804-813.e4. doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.04.014

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Prevalence and characteristics of co-occurrence of smoking and increasing-and-higher-risk drinking: a population survey in England

Garnett, Claire et al (2024) Addictive Behaviors, 150. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107928

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Prevalence, lived experiences and user profiles in e-cigarette use: a mixed methods study among French college students

Kinouani, Shérazade et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297156

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Developing a text-message library for tobacco prevention among adolescents: a qualitative study

Khalil, Georges Elias et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296503

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The effects of digital addiction on brain function and structure of children and adolescents: a scoping review

Ding, Keya et al (2024) Healthcare, 12, (1). doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010015

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How and when is academic stress associated with mobile phone addiction? The roles of psychological distress, peer alienation and rumination

Zhang, Yanhong et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293094

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