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This first 2022 issue of the newsletter includes links to Irish and international publications related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. 

 

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Irish-related publications
Empathy, evidence, & experience: learning from overseas to respond to street-based drug injecting in Dublin City Centre.

McCann, Eugene and Duffin, Tony (2022) Dublin: Ana Liffey Drug Project.
The impact of COVID-19 on health care professionals who are exposed to drug-related deaths while supporting clients experiencing addiction.

O'Callaghan, Daniel and Lambert, Sharon (2022) Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Early online. 108720.
The Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland (DUHEI) survey 2021: main findings.

Byrne, M et al (2022) Cork: University College Cork.
Quality improvement within a mental health setting: alcohol detoxification.

Doody, E et al (2022) Irish Medical Journal, 115, (1), pp. 516-524.
Opioid and analgesic utilization in Ireland in 2000 and 2015: A repeated cross-sectional study.

Moriarty, Frank et al (2022) Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 10, (1), e00899
A systematized review of drug-checking and related considerations for implementation as a harm reduction intervention.

Giulini, Francesca et al (2022) Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, doi: 10.1080/02791072.2022.2028203
A decade of rising alcoholic liver disease hospital admissions and deaths in Irish hospitals, 2007-2016: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis.

Armstrong, Paul R et al (2022) European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1097/meg.0000000000002339
European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: top level findings, 21 EU countries and Switzerland.

(2022) EMCDDA
Sales of over-the-counter products containing Codeine in 31 countries, 2013-2019: a retrospective observational study

Richards, Georgia C et al (2022) Drug Safety, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-021-01143-2
Profiling third-level student mental health: findings from My World Survey 2.

Mahon, Ciara et al (2022) Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2021.85
Opioids in Ireland: are we heading towards a US-style crisis?

Reilly, Catherine (2022) Medical Independent
Podcast “A prison cell is not where support actually happens” – Ineffective response to ‘war on drugs’.

Ruane, Lynn (2022) newstalk.com
Stop smoking. National clinical guideline no. 28.

(2022) Dublin: Department of Health
Drinking patterns in the pandemic.

Lynch, David (2022) Medical Independent
Consumer protection messages in alcohol marketing on Twitter in Ireland.

Critchlow, Nathan and Moodie, Crawford (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2028730.
SSA interview: Nathan Critchlow talks about alcohol advertising policies.

Critchlow, Nathan (2022) London: Society for the Study of Addiction.
A response to the Department of Justice open consultation on the review of alcohol licensing.(2022) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland.

(2022) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland.
“We live within a violent system.” Structural violence against sex workers in Ireland.

(2022) London: Amnesty International
Surveys of experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education: reports and findings.

MacNeela, Padraig et al (2022) Dublin: Higher Education Authority.
Psychiatric and psycho-social characteristics of suicide completers: a 13-year comprehensive evaluation of psychiatric case records and post-mortem findings.

McMorrow, C et al (2022) European Psychiatry, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2264
Early life adversity and age acceleration at mid-life and older ages indexed using the next-generation GrimAge and Pace of Aging epigenetic clocks.

McCrory, Cathal et al (2022) Psychoneuroendocrinology, 137. 105643.
Traveller homelessness in the Southwest.

(2022) The Regional Traveller Accommodation Working Group of Cork & Kerry.
Grant aid agreement: drug task force. As amended 2021.

(2021) Health Service Executive, Dublin.
[Webpage] Anabolic steroid misuse

(2021) Health Service Executive 
Medical Bureau of Road Safety annual report 2020.

(2022) Dublin: Medical Bureau of Road Safety
Better outcomes brighter futures: the national policy framework for children and young people, 2014-2020. Annual report January – December 2020.

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. (2022) Dublin: Government Publications
Drugs.ie 2021 summary.

(2021) drugs.ie Feature
Contraband seized.

Longford: Irish Prison Service.
Crime prevention and reduction strategy 2021 to 2024.

Garda National Community Engagement Bureau. (2021) Dublin: An Garda Siochana.
International publications
Drug-related infectious disease (DRID): update from the expert network, October 2021.

(2022) Lisbon: EMCDDA
Mapping drug use, interventions and treatment needs in Scottish prisons.

Toomey, Clare et al (2022) Glasgow: The Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research.
WHO European NCD dashboard

(2022) World Health Organization 
Saving lives, spending less: the case for investing in noncommunicable diseases

(2021) Geneva: World Health Organization
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: Barriers to accessing social protection faced by people who use drugs

(2021) London: International Drug Policy Consortium
A peek behind the curtain: exploring coaching styles within the implementation and sustainment facilitation (ISF) strategy in the substance abuse treatment to HIV care study

Ford, James H et al (2021) Implementation Science Communications, 2, (1), p. 140
Needle exchange practitioners accounts of delivering harm reduction advice for chemsex: implications for policy and practice

Smiles, Claire et al (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2027345 
Scoping project: A peer-based needle exchange service in London

(2022) London: London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C.
Policy windows for drug consumption rooms in Finland

Unlu, Ali et al (2022) Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, https://doi.org/10.1177/14550725211069287
Incidence, mortality and survival in young people with co-occurring mental disorders and substance use: a retrospective linked routine data study in Wales

Rees, S et al (2022) Dove Press, 14. pp. 21-38. DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S325235
Community-based social interventions for people with severe mental illness: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of recent evidence.

Killaspy, Helen et al (2022) World Psychiatry, 21, (1), pp. 96-123. doi: 10.1002/wps.20940
Latent patterns of polysubstance use among people who use opioids: a systematic review

Karamouzian, Mohammad et al (2022) International Journal of Drug Policy, 102. 103584
Opioid-specific medication-assisted therapy and its impact on criminal justice and overdose outcomes

Strange, C Clare et al (2022) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18, (1), e1215
Chronic pain, prescribed opioids and overdose risk: a qualitative exploration of the views of affected individuals and family members

Parkes, Tessa et al (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.2022100
Evaluation of interventions to reduce opioid prescribing for patients discharged from the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Daoust, Raoul et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (1), e2143425
Disparities by sex and race and ethnicity in death rates due to opioid overdose among adults 55 years or older, 1999 to 2019.

Mason, Maryann et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (1), e2142982
Take-home Naloxone and the prevention of deaths from heroin overdose: pursuing strong science, fuller understanding, greater impact

Strang, John (2021) European Addiction Research, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1159/000519939
Drug overdose mortality among people experiencing homelessness, 2003 to 2018

Fine, Danielle R et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (1), e2142676
Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999–2020

Hedegaard, Holly et al (2021) Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics
Expert panel consensus on management of advanced cancer-related pain in individuals with opioid use disorder

Merlin, Jessica S et al (2021) JAMA Network Open, 4, (12), e2139968
Shifting pathways of stimulant use among individuals with opioid use disorder: a retrospective analysis of the last thirty years.

Ellis, Matthew S et al (2021) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. p. 786056. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.786056
Substance use disorders are deadly

Compton, Wilson M and Han, Beth (2022) The American Journal of Psychiatry, 179, (1), pp. 11-13
Cannabis associated mental health effects: a review

Kancherla, Neeraj et al (2021) Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences, 13, (Suppl 2), S943-S946
Cannabis and psychosis: recent epidemiological findings continuing the "causality debate'

Ganesh, Suhas and D'Souza, Deepak Cyril (2022) The American Journal of Psychiatry, 179, (1), pp. 8-10
Substance-induced psychoses: an updated literature review

Fiorentini, Alessio et al (2021) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 2270 
Changes in cannabis policy and prevalence of recreational cannabis use among adolescents and young adults in Europe - an interrupted time-series analysis

Gabri, Alexander Carl et al (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (1), e0261885
Clinical management of cannabis withdrawal.

Connor, Jason P et al (2021) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15743
Unintentional pediatric cannabis exposures after legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada

Myran, Daniel T et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (1), e2142521
How people living in Canada consume and acquire cannabis: assessing progress in minimizing harms and establishing a safe supply chain

(2022) Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Medical cannabis use among older adults in Canada: self-reported data on types and amount used, and perceived effects

Tumati, Shankar et al (2021) Drugs & Aging, Early online. doi: 10.1007/s40266-021-00913-y
UK Medical Cannabis registry: an analysis of clinical outcomes of medicinal cannabis therapy for chronic pain conditions

Harris, Michael et al (2021) Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, Early online. doi: 10.1080/17512433.2022.2017771
Regulating right, repairing wrongs: exploring equity and social justice initiatives within UK cannabis reform

Garius, Laura and Ali, Amal (2022) London: Release.
Distilling the curriculum: an analysis of alcohol industry-funded school-based youth education programmes

van Schalkwyk, May C I et al (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (1), e0259560
Alcohol industry submissions to the WHO 2020 Consultation on the development of an alcohol action plan: a content and thematic analysis

Dwyer, Robyn et al (2022) Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
An objective assessment of children's exposure to brand marketing in New Zealand (Kids'Cam): a cross-sectional study

Watkins, Leah et al (2022) The Lancet Planetary Health, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00290-4
Effects of exercise in non-treatment seeking adults with alcohol use disorder: a three-armed randomized controlled trial (FitForChange)

Gunillasdotter, Victoria et al (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 232. 109266.
Treatment effectiveness for male intimate partner violence perpetrators depending on problematic alcohol use

Siria, Sandra et al (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 232. 109301
Does insomnia mediate the link between childhood trauma and impaired control over drinking, alcohol use, and related problems?

Noudali, Sean N et al (2022) Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15. 100402
The COVID-19 alcohol paradox: British household purchases during 2020 compared with 2015-2019

Anderson, Peter et al (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (1), e0261609
The impact of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular health: myths and measures

World Heart Federation (2022) Geneva: World Heart Federation
A ‘proper night out’: a practice theory exploration of gendered drinking

Hennell, Kath et al (2022) Sociological Research Online, https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211055488
Digging deeper into alcohol-related deaths

The Editor (2022) The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 7, (2), p. 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00479-9
Adjunctive ketamine with relapse prevention-based psychological therapy in the treatment of alcohol use disorder

Grabski, Meryem et al (2022) The American Journal of Psychiatry, appiajp202121030277
Severity of anabolic steroid dependence, executive function, and personality traits in substance use disorder patients in Norway.

Scarth, Morgan et al (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 231. 109275
Including the multiply excluded: a mixed methods study exploring intragroup stigma towards people who use synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists

Adley, Mark et al (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2025766
Ketamine for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders: comprehensive systematic review

Walsh, Zach et al (2021) BJPsych Open, 8, (1). https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.1061
NPS discovery: year in review 2021

Krotulski, Alex J et al (2021) United States: Center for Forensic Science Research and Education
The impact of COVID-19 on addiction treatment in New Zealand.

Rodda, Simone N et al (2021) Addictive Behaviors, 127. 107230.
Alcohol and drug use among clients receiving internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and depression in a routine care clinic - demographics, use patterns, and prediction of treatment completion and outcomes

Sundström, Christopher et al (2022) Internet Interventions, 27. 100490. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2021.100490
What's in a name? A data-driven method to identify optimal psychotherapy classifications to advance treatment research on co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders

Hien, Denise A et al (2022) European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13, (1), 2001191
Common features in compulsive sexual behavior, substance use disorders, personality, temperament, and attachment - a narrative review

Efrati, Yaniv et al (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, (1), 296
Making the criminal justice system work better: how to improve out-of-court disposals and diversion schemes

Danny et al (2022) London: Crest Advisory
Protecting lives: a cross-system approach to addressing alcohol and drug-related deaths within the criminal justice system.

(2022) London: IADPC and RCGP
Making funding work for people facing multiple disadvantage

(2022) London: Making Every Adult Matter
Commentary on Tanner-Smith et al.: complexity matters-why we need to move beyond 'what works' when evaluating substance use interventions

O'Donnell, Amy J (2021) Addiction, doi: 10.1111/add.15762
Heated tobacco products for smoking cessation and reducing smoking prevalence

Tattan-Birch, Harry et al (2022) The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1. CD013790
Editorial – Towards a Canadian evidence base to inform action to prevent and control vaping in Canada

O'Loughlin, Jennifer L and Gagné, Thierry (2022) Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 42, (1).
Vaping-associated lung illness (VALI) in Canada: a descriptive analysis of VALI cases reported from September 2019 to December 2020.

Baker, Melissa M et al (2022) Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 42, (1).
Association of e-cigarette use with discontinuation of cigarette smoking among adult smokers who were initially never planning to quit

Kasza, Karin A et al (2021) JAMA Network Open, 4, (12), e2140880
Classifying European cigarette consumption trajectories from 1970 to 2015

Poirier, Mathieu Jp et al (2022) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056627
Secondhand nicotine vaping at home and respiratory symptoms in young adults

Islam, Talat et al (2022) Thorax, doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217041
Reporting system of suspected adverse effects from electronic cigarettes and refill liquids in Europe

Solimini, Renata et al (2021) Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 7. 71
The relationship between addictive eating and dietary intake: a systematic review

Pursey, Kirrilly M et al (2021) Nutrients, 14, (1).
News
Provisional crime statistics 2021.

[An Garda Siochana] (28 Jan 2022)
Almost 290 drug intimidation cases reported in Dublin last year.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (26 Jan 2022)
Ministers for Health establish the Public Health Reform Expert Advisory Group.

[Department of Health] (25 Jan 2022)
EMCDDA launches PLATO e-learning platform and virtual community of practice.

[EMCDDA] (24 Jan 2022)
Rise in babies born with drug or alcohol addiction during pandemic.

[Independent.ie] O'Regan, Elish (24 Jan 2022)
Around 1 in 10 motorists admit to taking ‘morning after’ driving risk.

[AA Ireland] Cullen, Anna (21 Jan 2022)
Weekly ‘low-risk’ alcohol guidelines to be reviewed.

[Medical Independent] Lynch, David (21 Jan 2022)
Use of ecstasy and cocaine drops during pandemic.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (21 Jan 2022)
Recall of certain batches of Kama Hemp Kama artisan coffee due to the presence of unsafe levels of Delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

[Food Safety Authority of Ireland] (20 Jan 2022)
Report to show 'substantial' rise in cocaine use in colleges.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (20 Jan 2022)
Opinion: Supervised drug injecting in Ireland – 10 years of advocacy, legislation and delays.

[thejournal.ie] Duffin, Tony and McCann, Eugene (20 Jan 2022)
Web gambling companies allow credit card betting through apps despite industry rules.

[Irish Independent] Weckler, Adrian (20 Jan 2022)
'War on drugs’ not an effective response to usage, minister to tell committee.

[thejournal.ie] Dwyer, Orla (19 Jan 2022)
Unions and top gardaí in talks on drug tests for officers.

[Independent.ie] Bracken, Ali (16 Jan 2022)
Increase in drug and phone seizures in prisons.

[Irish Examiner] Baker, Noel (15 Jan 2022)
Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy announces €850,000 for HSE-led initiative to reduce the health-related harms from cocaine and ‘crack’ cocaine

[Department of Health] (14 Jan 2022)
An Garda Síochána’s Christmas and New Year road safety campaign 2021.

[Road Safety Authority] (14 Jan 2022)
Drug trends under scrutiny after third seizure of new synthetic stimulant.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (12 Jan 2022)
Commission proposes stronger mandate for EU Drugs Agency as illicit market proliferates.

[European Commission] (12 Jan 2022)
More than 650 people struggling with addiction on detox waiting list as Covid-19 continues to impact services.

[The Irish Sun] Higgins, Adam (11 Jan 2022)
Delays in youth justice system a ‘barrier to rehabilitation’.

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (10 Jan 2022)
Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy welcomes confirmation Tallaght projects continue to provide drug services.

[Department of Health] (10 Jan 2022)
Use of e-cigs among young people 'a real risk'.

[Irish Examiner] Murray, Sean (09 Jan 2022)
Foetal alcohol syndrome survey is 'first of its kind'.

[Irish Examiner] Murphy, Ann (09 Jan 2022)
FactCheck: Will Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol lead to an increase in drug use?

[thejournal.ie] Parkins, Brianna (08 Jan 2022)
Homelessness & addiction: women need a safe space at Merchant's Quay.

[Hot Press] Brayden, Kate (05 Jan 2022)
Large numbers of people with drug addictions were 'left to kill themselves slowly' during lockdowns.

[thejournal.ie] Martin, Devin Sean and Grabarczyk, Wiktoria and McCrudden, Kasey Leigh (05 Jan 2022)
Ministers Donnelly and Feighan welcome introduction of minimum unit pricing of alcohol.

[Department of Health] (04 Jan 2022)
Introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol products is a historical development in public health alcohol policy that will save lives.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (03 Jan 2022)
Growing expectation of Irish citizens’ assembly on drug use this year.

[Irish Examiner] Mcgrath, Dominic (02 Jan 2022)
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