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This is the September 2017 edition of the library newsletter – our monthly electronic digest of Irish drug, alcohol & tobacco publications, news and Dail debates, with key international research evidence..
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Under the influence: factors affecting youth drinking in Dublin 12.
Dublin 12 Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force. (2017) Under the influence: factors affecting youth drinking in Dublin 12. Dublin: Dublin 12 LDATF.
"You don't feel": The experience of youth benzodiazepine misuse in Ireland.
Murphy, Kevin D and Lambert, Sharon and McCarthy, Suzanne and Sahm, Laura J and Byrne, Stephen (2017) "You don't feel": The experience of youth benzodiazepine misuse in Ireland. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs , Early online , pp. 1-8.
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland annual report 2016.
Griffin, Eve and Dillon, Christina B and Arensman, Ella and Corcoran, Paul and Williamson, Eileen and Perry, Ivan J (2017) National Self-Harm Registry Ireland annual report 2016. Cork: National Suicide Research Foundation.
National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2016.
National Office for Suicide Prevention. (2017) National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2016. Dublin: National Office for Suicide Prevention.
A seminar on alcohol and pregnancy.
Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force. (2017) A seminar on alcohol and pregnancy. In: Alcohol and pregnancy, 26 September, Connaght Hotel, Galway.
HIV in Ireland 2017. Findings from the National HIV knowledge and attitudes survey 2017 and People living with HIV stigma survey 2017. Summary report.
HIV Ireland. (2017) HIV in Ireland 2017. Findings from the National HIV knowledge and attitudes survey 2017 and People living with HIV stigma survey 2017. Summary report. Dublin: HIV Ireland.
Merchants Quay Ireland annual review 2016.
Merchants Quay Ireland. (2017) Merchants Quay Ireland annual review 2016. Dublin: Merchants Quay Ireland.
A naturalistic longitudinal analysis of post-detoxification outcomes in opioid-dependent patients.
Ivers, Jo-Hanna and Zgaga, Lina and Sweeney, Brion and Keenan, Eamon and Darker, Catherine and Smyth, Bobby P and Barry, Joe (2017) A naturalistic longitudinal analysis of post-detoxification outcomes in opioid-dependent patients. Drug and Alcohol Review , Early online .
The influence of city, intermediate, and rural living on substance use in Northern Ireland: a cross-sectional study in adolescents.
McKay, Michael T and Cole, Jon C (2017) The influence of city, intermediate, and rural living on substance use in Northern Ireland: a cross-sectional study in adolescents. Journal of Rural Mental Health , 41 , (2) , pp. 83-96.
Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently 'safe' levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses.
Mamluk, Loubaba et al (2017) Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently 'safe' levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses. BMJ Open, 7, (7), e015410.
Cross border policing strategy 2016.
Police Service of Northern Ireland, An Garda Siochana. (2016) Cross border policing strategy 2016. Dublin: Department of Justice and Department of Justice and Equality.
HSE Data management report June 2017.
Health Service Executive. (2017) HSE Data management report June 2017. Dublin: Health Service Executive.
Tusla annual report 2016.
Tusla Child and Family Agency. (2017) Tusla annual report 2016. Dublin: Tusla.
Dublin Simon annual impact report 2016.
Dublin Simon Community. (2017) Dublin Simon annual impact report 2016. Dublin Simon Community.
Health Products Regulatory Authority annual report 2016.
Health Products Regulatory Authority. (2017) Health Products Regulatory Authority annual report 2016. Dublin: HPRA.
Action plan: response to the national increase in HIV and STIs in MSM. 12th June, 2017.
National MSM HIV/ STI increase response group interventions subgroup. (2017) Action plan: response to the national increase in HIV and STIs in MSM. 12th June, 2017. Dublin: Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
Issues paper: suspended sentences.
Law Reform Commission. (2017) Issues paper: suspended sentences. Dublin: Law Reform Commission.
Smokeless tobacco use in Sweden and other 17 European countries.
Leon, Maria E and Lugo, Alessandra and Boffetta, Paolo and Gilmore, Anna and Ross, Hana and Schüz, Joachim and La Vecchia, Carlo and Gallus, Silvano (2016) Smokeless tobacco use in Sweden and other 17 European countries. European Journal of Public Health , 26 , (5) , pp. 817-821.
Genetic variants in ALDH1B1 and alcohol dependence risk in a British and Irish population: A bioinformatic and genetic study.
Way, Michael J and Ali, M Adam and McQuillin, Andrew and Morgan, Marsha Y (2017) Genetic variants in ALDH1B1 and alcohol dependence risk in a British and Irish population: A bioinformatic and genetic study. PLoS ONE , 12 , (6) , e0177009.
Mental Health Reform submission on review of A Vision for Change.
Mental Health Reform. (2017) Mental Health Reform submission on review of A Vision for Change. Dublin: Mental Health Reform.
Department of Defence and Defence Forces annual report 2016.
Ireland. Department of Defence. (2017) Department of Defence and Defence Forces annual report 2016. Kildare: Department of Defence and Defence Forces.
Prison recidivism 2010 cohort.
Central Statistics Office. (2016) Prison recidivism 2010 cohort. Cork: Central Statistics Office.
HSE Position on Antiretroviral Therapy for all people living with HIV.
Health Service Executive. (2017) HSE Position on Antiretroviral Therapy for all people living with HIV. Dublin: Health Service Executive.
Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
GBD 2016 SDG Collaborators. (2017) Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet , Early online .
Correlates of self-reported exposure to advertising of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes across 28 European Union member states.
Filippidis, Filippos T and Laverty, Anthony A and Fernandez, Esteve and Mons, Ute and Tigova, Olena and Vardavas, Constantine I (2017) Correlates of self-reported exposure to advertising of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes across 28 European Union member states. Tobacco Control , Early online .
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Dealing with synthetics: time to reframe the narrative.
Buxton, Julia and Bewley-Taylor, Dave and Hallam, Christopher . (2017) Dealing with synthetics: time to reframe the narrative. Swansea: Global Drug Policy Observatory. 49 p. Policy report 6
Psychoactive substances in secure mental health settings.
Smith, Sarah and Day, Matt and Maddalena, Nino [Public Health England] . (2017) Psychoactive substances in secure mental health settings. London: Public Health England. 53 p.
Do we all agree what "good health care" looks like? Views from those who are "seldom heard" in health research, policy and service improvement.
Ryan, Sara and Hislop, Jenny and Ziebland, Sue . (2017) Do we all agree what "good health care" looks like? Views from those who are "seldom heard" in health research, policy and service improvement. Wiley. Health Expectations, 20 (5)
Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations.
Kaner, Eileen et al [The Cochrane Library] . (2017) Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations. London: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011479.pub2
The effects of cannabis among adults with chronic pain and an overview of general harms: a systematic review.
Nugent, Shannon M and Morasco, Benjamin J and O'Neil, Maya E and Freeman, Michele and Low, Allison and Kondo, Karli and Elven, Camille and Zakher, Bernadette and Motu'apuaka, Makalapua and Paynter, Robin and Kansagara, Devan . (2017) The effects of cannabis among adults with chronic pain and an overview of general harms: a systematic review. American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine, 167 (5)
Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors.
Carhart-Harris, RL and Nutt, DJ . (2017) Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors. Sage. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 31 (9)
Policy in action. A tool for measuring alcohol policy implementation.
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. (2017) Policy in action. A tool for measuring alcohol policy implementation. Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. 61 p.
Preventing the violent and sexual victimisation of vulnerable gang-involved and gang-affected children and young people in Ipswich.
Andell, Paul and Pitts, John . (2017) Preventing the violent and sexual victimisation of vulnerable gang-involved and gang-affected children and young people in Ipswich. Suffolk: University of Suffolk. 70 p.
Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation: effects by subgroup defined by genetically informed biomarkers.
Schuit, Ewoud and Panagiotou, Orestis A and Munafo, Marcus R and Bennett, Derrick A and Bergen, Andrew W and David, Sean P [The Cochrane Library] . (2017) Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation: effects by subgroup defined by genetically informed biomarkers. London: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (9) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011823.pub2
Models of delivery for stop smoking services. Options and evidence.
Public Health England. (2017) Models of delivery for stop smoking services. Options and evidence. London: Public Health England. 17 p,.
Effect of tobacco control policies on perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Faber, Timor and Kumar, Arun and Mackenbach, Johan P and Millett, Christopher and Basu, Sanjay and Sheikh, Aziz and Been, Jasper V . (2017) Effect of tobacco control policies on perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Elsevier. The Lancet, 2 (9)
Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation
Taylor, Gemma MJ and Dalili, Michael N and Sernwal, Monika and Civljak, Marta and Sheikh, Aziz and Car, Josip [The Cochrane Library] (2017) Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation. London: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (9) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007078.pub5
Healthcare financing systems for increasing the use of tobacco dependence treatment.
The Novel Psychoactive Substances in the UK Project: empirical and conceptual review work to produce research recommendations.
Mdege, Noreen D and Meader, Nick and Llyod, C and Parrott, Steve and McCambridge, Jim . (2017) The Novel Psychoactive Substances in the UK Project: empirical and conceptual review work to produce research recommendations. Public Health Research, 5 (4)
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: methyl 2-{[1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H-indazole-3-carbonyl]amino}-3,3-dimethylbutanoate (5F-MDMB-PINACA; 5F-ADB).
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2017) EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: methyl 2-{[1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H-indazole-3-carbonyl]amino}-3,3-dimethylbutanoate (5F-MDMB-PINACA; 5F-ADB). Luxembourg: Joint Reports, Publications Office of the European Union. 16 p.
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)isobutyramide (4-fluoroisobutyrylfentanyl; 4F-iBF).
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2017) EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)isobutyramide (4-fluoroisobutyrylfentanyl; 4F-iBF). Luxembourg: Joint Reports, Publications Office of the European Union. 14 p.
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide (AB-CHMINACA).
(2017) EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide (AB-CHMINACA). Luxembourg: Joint Reports, Publications Office of the European Union. 19 p.
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxamide (tetrahydrofuranylfentanyl; THF-F).
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2017) EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxamide (tetrahydrofuranylfentanyl; THF-F). Luxembourg: Joint Reports, Publications Office of the European Union. 13 p.
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: 1-(4-cyanobutyl)-N-(2-phenylpropan-2-yl)indazole-3-carboxamide (CUMYL-4CN-BINACA).
[European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction] (2017) EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: 1-(4-cyanobutyl)-N-(2-phenylpropan-2-yl)indazole-3-carboxamide (CUMYL-4CN-BINACA). Luxembourg: Joint Reports, Publications Office of the European Union. 15 p.
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-(1-amino-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide (ADB-CHMINACA).
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2017) EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: N-(1-amino-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide (ADB-CHMINACA). Luxembourg: Joint Reports, Publications Office of the European Union. 15 p.
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Plain packaging rules for cigarettes come into force today.
[Irish Examiner] (30 Sep 2017)
Simon Harris plans to unveil Public Health Alcohol Bill.
[breakingnews.ie] (29 Sep 2017)
Driving 'the morning after' can be dangerous.
[Irish Health] (29 Sep 2017)
Research shows impact of drugs and alcohol on health of homeless people.
[RTE News] (28 Sep 2017)
Drink-driving: tougher rules are welcome.
Editorial [Irish Times] (27 Sep 2017)
Increase in rate of HIV cases in Irish people aged over 50.
[thejournal.ie] Russell, Cliodhna (27 Sep 2017)
Debate Room: are proposed restrictions on alcohol advertising going too far?.
[thejournal.ie] (27 Sep 2017)
Alcohol & pregnancy: Ireland looks towards the future of infant mental health.
[Mental Daily] (27 Sep 2017)
Minister calls on gyms to play a role as 72,000 fake steroids seized.
[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (26 Sep 2017)
Why time could be called on getting a free drink with your blowdry in salons.
[Independent.ie] O'Regan, Eilish (26 Sep 2017)
Canney threatens to oppose Ross's bill.
[Independent.ie] Doyle, Kevin (25 Sep 2017)
Feud gangs using drug addicts to get false passports.
[thejournal.ie] MacNamee, Garreth (25 Sep 2017)
Illegal prescription medicines worth over €850k seized.
[RTE News] (25 Sep 2017)
Toasting to success for the Alcohol Bill?,
[Medical Independent] Lynch, David (25 Sep 2017)
Seizures of illegal prescription drugs rise 233% in a year.
[Irish Times] Cullen, Paul (25 Sep 2017)
Scientologists’ Drug-Free World target Irish teenagers.
[irishcentral.com] (25 Sep 2017)
Overcoming addiction with sailing: 'It's a way of life I never knew existed and better than any drug'.
[thejournal.ie] Russell, Cliodhna (24 Sep 2017)
The medicinal cannabis bill passed through the Dáil last year, but now it's on the shelf.
[thejournal.ie] Fitzgerald, Cormac (24 Sep 2017)
Decriminalising drugs: could it work in Ireland?
[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (23 Sep 2017)
Drug Fentanyl 100 times more powerful than morphine is killer, warns Northern Ireland coroner.
[Belfast Telegraph] Leonard, Victoria (22 Sep 2017)
The Drinks Industry can have their ads but they can’t have Christmas too!.
[Alcohol Action Ireland] (22 Sep 2017)
Alcohol Bill "vital" say Emergency Department doctors.
[Medical Independent] (21 Sep 2017)
Government pledge to pass laws amid ‘hamstrung Dáil’ claims.
[Irish Examiner] O'Cionnaith, Fiachra (20 Sep 2017)
Training. Pathological gambling: forcing an answer out of the symbolic game.
[Merchants Quay] (20 Sep 2017)
Drug debt campaign needs funding.
[Dublin People] Gleeson, Jack (19 Sep 2017)
Warning over bad batch of drugs in Dublin.
[Irish Examiner] (18 Sep 2017)
Homeless organisation came across three overdoses on Dublin streets last night.
[thejournal.ie] MacNamee, Garreth (18 Sep 2017)
Editorial: Prisons: a lot done, more to do.
[Irish Times] (18 Sep 2017)
‘We marched on four dealers that night’: Dublin’s anti-drug wars.
[Irish Times] Freyne, Patrick (16 Sep 2017)
A doctor tries to lower barriers to methadone treatment.
[Dublin Inquirer] Neylon, Laoise (14 Sep 2017)
Seven million deaths were caused by tobacco use last year.
[thejournal.ie] Hosford, Paul (14 Sep 2017)
No 'magic drug circle' but gardaí will use 'discretion' outside city injection centres.
[thejournal.ie] MacNamee, Garreth (13 Sep 2017)
Ireland fares poorly on alcohol use, child sex abuse and suicide rate.
[thejournal.ie] Ryan, Orla (13 Sep 2017)
Irish Street Medicine Symposium 2017.
[UCD School of Medicine] (13 Sep 2017)
Over 500 seizures of injectable tanning drug since 2015.
[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (11 Sep 2017)
Watchdog to target discount and hardware stores for banned hazardous chemicals.
[thejournal.ie] (11 Sep 2017)
Alcohol a factor ‘in 85% of suicides’ of men aged over 40 in Cork.
[Irish Times] Roche, Barry (11 Sep 2017)
'A lot of questions about ketamine' - keeping people drug-safe at Electric Picnic's welfare tent.
[thejournal.ie] Brennan, Cianan 09 Sep 2017)
'So many people are taking drugs...it's not going to get rid of their problems' - Mother who became homeless due to addiction.
[Independent.ie] Molloy, Amy (09 Sep 2017)
Foetal damage 'is a hidden phenomenon in Ireland'.
[Independent.ie] Lynott, Laura (09 Sep 2017)
Homelessness 'making addiction crisis worse'.
[Independent.ie] Begley, Ian (08 Sep 2017)
Ireland has the third highest rate of FASD.
[Irish Medical Times] Shannon, June (07 Sep 2017)
PSNI set to adopt Dublin anti-gang project.
[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (06 Sep 2017)
Consultants yet to seek licences for cannabis treatments.
[Irish Examiner] Ring, Evelyn (06 Sep 2017)
Fr McVerry: State failures mean people can't get clean from drugs.
[Independent.ie] Horan, Niamh (03 Sep 2017)
The ‘War on Drugs’ has failed, we must end this drain on resources.
McWilliams, David (03 Sep 2017)
HSE drug expert: We need to consider testing and amnesty bins for clubs and festivals.
[thejournal.ie] Brophy, Daragh (02 Sep 2017)
Editor's viewpoint: 'Anti-drug' gangsters a scourge in society.
[Belfast Telegraph] (01 Sep 2017)
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