HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 21, issue 8

Our newsletter includes links to Irish and international publications related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. To view our entire collection of research and access our resources visit our website, Ireland's comprehensive substance use research library. And follow us @HRBdrugslibrary

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Irish-related publications

Drug and Alcohol Trends Monitoring System (DATMS) 2024: year 9

Robinson, Janet and Doherty, Jim (2025) Dublin: Blanchardstown Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force

Prevention of adolescent stimulant drug use: do the home life environment and extracurricular activities influence this? Findings from the Irish Planet Youth Survey

Daly, Fionn P et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (8). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330489

Protocol for modelling the risk of alcohol-attributable mortality and hospital admission in Ireland

(2025) Dublin: Health Information and Quality Authority

HHC (Hexahydrocannabinol).

(2025) Dublin: Department of Health

A harm-reduction approach to drug use

Watters, Niall (2025) Dublin: Oireachtas Library and Research Service

Sentencing guidelines

McLaughlin, Karen (2025) Dublin: Oireachtas Library and Research Service

HSE Talking health and wellbeing podcast #109 Overdose Awareness

(2025) HSE

Trends in analgesia prescribing in primary care in Ireland and England between 2014 and 2022: a repeated cross-sectional study

Mattsson, Molly et al (2025) British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Early online. doi.org/10.1002/bcp.70174

'I wish it were more often told to people before they are prescribed these medications how hard it is to get off them': a qualitative descriptive analysis of free-text responses to a survey on reducing and stopping psychiatric medication

Boland, Miriam et al (2025) Health Expectations, 28, (4). doi.org/10.1111/hex.70384

Deficits in alcohol enforcement legislation in Ireland: bottomless brunches

McGrath, Niamh et al (2025) Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health, 20, (2). doi.org/10.54103/2282-0930/28981

Alcohol’s cost to the workplace

(2025) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland

Understanding young adults’ drinking practices and experiences with alcohol in Ireland

(2025) Dublin: Drinkaware

Trends and description of inpatient admissions for eating disorders among children and adolescents in Ireland: 2018-2022.

Lovett, Harriet et al (2025) Journal of Eating Disorders, 13. doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01372-1

Jung, Min Seo et al (2025) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-025-04025-z

Health and societal burden of tobacco smoking in Ireland: a life table modelling study.

Valentelyte, Gintare et al (2025) Public Health, 247. doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105880

Safety and beyond? Exploring children's priorities for their participation in the child protection and welfare process

Gilligan, Robbie et al (2025) Child Abuse & Neglect, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107614

Causes of fires statistics [Ireland].

(2025) Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Homelessness, poor housing and the impact on children 2025

(2025) Dublin: Barnardos

National Suicide Research Foundation annual report 2024

(2025) Dublin: National Suicide Research Foundation

Bray Community Addiction Team annual report 2024

(2025) Wicklow: Bray Community Addiction Team CLG

Clondalkin Drug & Alcohol Task Force Project Management CLG financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

(2025) Dublin: Clondalkin Drug and Alcohol Task Force

Probation Service annual report 2024

(2025) Dublin: Probation Service

Prison visiting committee annual reports 2023

Prison visiting committees. (2025) Department of Justice

Merchants Quay Ireland Directors' report and financial statements 2024

(2025) Dublin: Merchants Quay Ireland

Tusla annual report and financial statements 2024

(2025) Dublin: Tusla

State of the Nation's children 2024

(2025) Dublin: Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The National Maternity Hospital Holles Street annual report 2024

(2025) Dublin: National Maternity Hospital

National Sexual Assault Treatment Unit (SATU) annual report 2024

Eogan, Maeve (2025) Dublin: National Sexual Assault Treatment Unit

International publications

Women in recovery - rapid review of evidence

(2025) Glasgow: Scottish Recovery Consortium.

Guidance manual for greenspace programmes that support people with poor mental health and substance use challenges

Masterton, Wendy et al (2025) Stirling: University of Stirling

A systematic review of reviews on comprehensive community initiatives to prevent or reduce alcohol and other drug harms

Gates, Peter John et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70153

Preventing substance use-related harms among young people in Scotland. Evidence, knowledge gaps, and systems solutions

Falzon, Danilo (2025) Edinburgh: Drug Research Network Scotland

Drug Education Forum podcast. [Video]

(2025) UK: Drug Education Forum

Gaps in the engagement of people with lived and living experience and caregivers in mental health and substance use health research: a qualitative study of untapped potential

Hawke, Lisa D et al (2025) Health Expectations, 28, (4). doi.org/10.1111/hex.70393

Beyond stigma: understanding and using human rights in recovery

Bennett, Tom (2025) SHAAP Blog

Substance use disorders: a call for a staging paradigm

Bachi, Keren et al (2025) Translational Psychiatry, 15. doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03484-3

From environmental disasters to emerging drugs; a framework to understand, map and assess drug-related early warning systems

Freestone, Jack et al (2025) International Journal of Drug Policy, 145. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104946

Vienna after consensus: report of the 68th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

(2025) London: International Drug Policy Consortium

The responsibility of health: shifting the focus from individuals to systems

Tubeuf, Sandy et al (2025) The Lancet, 10, (3). DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00013-1

Talking about wealth inequality

Kerr, Sarah et al (2025) York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Identifying policy options to tackle health inequalities: policy analysis and opportunities for learning for Wales

Jones, Lisa et al (2025) Cardiff: Public Health Wales

Welsh studies: Public Health Wales, ADR Wales, Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank and Welsh Government.

Substance misuse, health service contact and risk of mortality: a data linkage study in Wales. Bailey, Grace et al (2025) Cardiff https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44031/
Data explained: Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse (WNDSM) data quality audit and considerations. Phillips, Ryan et al (2025) Cardiff https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44032/
Investigating the association between adult substance misuse and health and criminal justice outcomes of children in the household. Evans, Hywel Turner et al (2025) Cardiff https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44033/
Long-term outcomes of people treated for substance misuse in Wales - a data linkage study. O’Gorman, Lauren et al (2025) Cardiff https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44034/
Maternal substance misuse-related foetal anomalies: a data linkage study in Wales. Farr, Ian et al (2025) Cardiff https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44035/
Potential opportunities to reduce the escalation of substance misuse: a retrospective observational data linkage study in Wales. Ohaeri, Columbus et al (2025) Cardiff https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44036/

Systematic review of forensic mental health patients on conditional discharge: part one - quantitative findings, methodology, limitations and future research

Kilbane, Sarah et al (2025) International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/0306624X251357615

European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment – The changing DNA of serious and organised crime

Europol. (2025) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

A systematic review of substance misuse treatment processes and outcomes as implemented in prisons for men in the UK.

Barnett, Kim et al (2025) Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1002/cbm.70008

European toolkit for the elimination of viral hepatitis in prisons (EuroHePP).

European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Lisbon: EUDA

A systematic review of reviews on comprehensive community initiatives to prevent or reduce alcohol and other drug harms

Gates, Peter John et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70153

Navigating surveillance: the experience of prenatal women who use or who are in treatment for using drugs

Radcliffe, Polly et al (2025) The British Journal of Social Work, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaf161

Concurrent use and association of patient-reported experience and outcome measures in psychiatric and substance use disorder care: a scoping review

Kjøllesdal, Marte Karoline Råberg et al (2025) Frontiers in Health Services, 5. doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2025.1620809

Comprehensive review on association of bipolar disorder and substance abuse: dual diagnosis and treatment approaches

Bonner-Reid, Felicia T et al (2025) Cureus, 17, (6). DOI: 10.7759/cureus.86363

ADHD drug treatment and risk of suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, accidental injuries, transport accidents, and criminality: emulation of target trials

Zhang, Le et al (2025) BMJ, 390, doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-083658

Financial incentives for substance abstinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Phillips-Chantelois, Damon et al (2025) Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27, (8), pp. 1319-1331. doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf038

Outreach health-care services for people experiencing exclusion in high-income countries

Johnson, Luke et al (2025) The Lancet Public Health, Early online. DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00144-6

"Injecting yourself there is stigma around it; taking a few tablets is not too bad, is it?": understanding perceptions and preferences of anabolic-androgenic steroid route of administration.

Cox, Luke et al (2025) Harm Reduction Journal, 22. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01198-9

Characterizing ‘atmosphere’: exploring determinants of regular service attendance amongst integrated supervised consumption site clients in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Scher, Benjamin D et al (2025) Harm Reduction Journal, Early online

(Dealing with) illegal drugs and “unwanted land-use”: a socially inclusive future planning imagination for drug consumption rooms

Boland, Philip et al (2025) Journal of Planning Education and Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/0739456X251318245

Brief intervention information: bacterial infections

(2025) Edinburgh: Scottish Drugs Forum

Wound aware: a resource for commissioners and providers of drug services

(2025) London: Department of Health & Social Care

Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting-related invasive infections using a social ecological framework

Attwood, Lucy O et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70175

Stigmatization in the pre-death interactions of family and friends bereaved by a drug-related death

Stout, Joshua H and Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin (2025) Death Studies, Early online. pp. 1-12. doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2513992

Mortality after prison release in England and Wales, 2019-2021: a comparative analysis of cause-specific death rates and risk profiles

Slade, Karen et al (2025) Social Science & Medicine, 369. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117821

Characterising benzodiazepine use and the association with non-fatal overdose among people who inject opioids in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Minett-Smith, Megan et al (2025) International Journal of Drug Policy, 145. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104927

Evaluation of nitazene immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of nitazene and nitazene analogs in illicit drug samples

Marland, Victoria et al (2025) Harm Reduction Journal, 22. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01287-9

EUDA initial report on the new psychoactive substance

European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Lisbon: EUDA.

National benchmarking report on implementation of the medication assisted treatment (MAT) standards: Scotland 2024/2025

(2025) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

An impact evaluation of the Scottish take-home naloxone programme

Adams, Tobias Joseph et al (2025) Health Policy and Technology, 14, (6). doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2025.101072

Effectiveness of methadone versus buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid use disorder: secondary analyses of prospective cohort study data

Naji, Leen et al (2025) BMJ Open, 15, (6). doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095645

Hospital-based methadone and buprenorphine initiation practices by addiction consult services

Cohen, Shawn M et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (8). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.26077

Behavioral therapy as an adjunct to buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: a secondary analysis of 4 randomized clinical trials

McHugh, R Kathryn et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (8). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.28529

Safer opioid supply clients' values and preferences: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research

Nafeh, Frishta et al (2025) BMJ Mental Health, 28, (1). doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-301629

Are reasons for first using cannabis associated with subsequent cannabis consumption (standard THC units) and psychopathology?

Spinazzola, Edoardo et al (2025)BMJ Mental Health, 28. doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-301810

The impact of childhood trauma and cannabis use on paranoia: a structural equation model approach

Trotta, Giulia et al (2025) Psychological Medicine, 55. 10.1017/S0033291725101190

Self-reported cannabis prices and expenditures from legal and illegal sources five years after legalisation of non-medical cannabis in Canada

Rundle, Samantha Matos et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.70009

Problematic internet use and cannabis consumption: a scoping review

Bélisle, Kellie-Anne et al (2025) Preventive Medicine Reports, 57. doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103210

Health impact of alcohol regulatory interventions: a systematic review of policies in low- and middle-income countries

Malawige, Amila Suranga et al (2025) Health Policy and Planning, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaf036

New modelling of alcohol pricing policies, alcohol consumption and harm in Wales: an adaptation of the Sheffield Tobacco and Alcohol Policy Model v2.6.0.

Morris, D et al (2025) Cardiff: Welsh Government

Investigating indicators to assess and support alcohol taxation policy: results from the International Alcohol Control (IAC) study

Casswell, Sally et al. (2025) International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 14, (1), pp. 1-8. doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.8551

Taking pleasure seriously: should alcohol research say more about fun?

Nicholls, James and Hunt, Geoffrey (2025) Addiction, 120, (6), pp. 1075-1081. doi.org/10.1111/add.16747

Historical trends in young adult solitary alcohol use by age and sex from 1977 to 2022

Creswell, Kasey G et al (2025) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, 49, (8), pp. 1759-1767. doi.org/10.1111/acer.70103

Gut microbiota and alcohol use disorder: a new frontier in treatment and recovery

Skryabin, Valentin (2025) BJPsych Bulletin, Early online. pp. 1-8. 10.1192/bjb.2025.10129

Alcohol use as a modifiable risk factor in cardiology: a qualitative study of patient perspectives in Sweden

Welfordsson, Paul et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (8). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328990

Identifying and describing alcohol-related paediatric emergency department attendances amongst under 16 year olds including time trends, incidence rates, and sociodemographic factors associated with alcohol-related harm

Davies, Nicholas et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (8). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329502

How do the neurocognitive profiles of FASD and complex trauma compare in the pediatric population?: A scoping review protocol.

Gupta, Rishi et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (8). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328845

Behavioral interventions for individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a review of systematic reviews

Flake, Eric et al (2025) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.70129

Knowledge as prevention: a cost-effective intervention to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure

Keating, Orlagh et al (2025) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.70089

Digital influence: young people’s exposure to the marketing of cigarettes, vapes, unhealthy food/drink and alcohol.

Saunders, Aleks et al (2025) London: Cancer Research UK

Recommendations on interventions for tobacco smoking cessation in adults in Canada.

Thombs, Brett D et al (2025) Canadian Medical Association Journal, 197, (28), E846-E861. doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.241584

Incentives for smoking cessation

Notley, Caitlin et al (2025) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (1). Art. no.: CD004307. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004307.pub7

Vaping and harm in young people: umbrella review

Golder, Su et al (2025) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059219

Cognitive drivers of e-cigarette use amongst young Australians: informing prevention strategies in an e-cigarette epidemic

de Vries, Julia M and Kelly, Adrian B (2025) Substance Use & Misuse, Early online. pp. 1-7. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2540937

Interventions to change vaping harm perceptions and associations between harm perceptions and vaping and smoking behaviours: a systematic review

East, Katherine et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70129

The association between increasing levels of gambling harm and emotional health outcomes for individuals who are below the threshold of disordered gambling: a secondary analysis of health data

Tipping, S et al (2025) Public Health, 247. doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105899

Briefing: Gambling and gaming harms on children and young people

(2025) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Factors associated with digital addiction: umbrella review

Han, Yun et al (2025) JMIR Mental Health, 12. doi: 10.2196/66950

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