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Trends in cocaine use and cocaine-related harms in Ireland: a retrospective, multi-source database study
Mongan, Deirdre et al (2025) BMC Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23224-y
National Drug Treatment Reporting System, 2024 alcohol treatment demand
Ní Luasa, Siobhán and O'Neill, Derek and O'Sullivan, Michael and Lyons, Suzi (2025) Dublin: Health Research Board
Drug use in Ireland 2023: findings from the Healthy Ireland survey
Ireland survey. Mongan, Deirdre and Millar, Seán R and Galvin, Brian (2025) Dublin: Health Research Board
National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) annual report on the activities of Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, 2024
Daly, Antoinette and Lovett, Harriet and Lynn, Ena (2025) Dublin: Health Research Board
Evaluation of the National Drug Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025”
Grant Thornton. (2025) Dublin: Department of Health
Novel substance, same old problems: admissions of psychosis precipitated by hexahydrocannabinol, a widely available semi-synthetic cannabinoid
O'Mahony, Brian et al (2025) BJPsych Bulletin, pp. 1-6. 10.1192/bjb.2025.85
Canal Communities community based public safety strategy. Moving towards a public health approach to violence
Ruane, Lynn (2025) Dublin: Canal Communities Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force
Impact of guidance issued during COVID-19 to expand take-home doses of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in Ireland: protocol for a population-based analysis of prescribing practices and patient outcomes 2018 to 2023
Cousins, Gráinne et al (2025) HRB Open Research, 8. doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.14044.2
Irish health survey 2024
(2025) Cork: Central Statistics Office
Growing up in the west: Planet Youth reports 2025.
(2025) Galway: Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force.
Drogheda Implementation Plan: final progress report
(2025) Dublin: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Report to the Irish Government on the visit to Ireland carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture... from 21 to 31 May 2024
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (2025) Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Expert analysis: alcohol and cancer
Neville, Breeda (2025) Alcohol Action Ireland blog
Review of the Evaluation of the National Drug Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025”
(2025) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland
Mental health in the Irish LGBTQI+ population with disabilities: findings from the being LGBTQI+ in Ireland study
Higgins, Agnes et al (2025) Dublin: Trinity College Dublin
Room for recovery: housing hope after exploitation
Bilateral watershed infarcts due to hypoperfusion in the context of drug abuse: case report
Redmond, Aine et al, Theodorοs (2025) International Journal of Neuroscience, 135, (7), pp. 822-826. doi.org/10.1080/00207454.2024.2333480
10% increase in women seeking treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in first quarter of 2025 [Coolmine interview].
Caufield, Joe (2025) Dublin: RTE
Parental mental health & the impact on children
Effects of inducements on sports gambling and decision-errors: an experimental study
Ó Ceallaigh, Diarmaid et al (2025) Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14, (2), pp. 959-971. doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00056
The problem gambling podcast 2025. [Video]
(2025) Extern Problem Gambling
Review of the Homeless Action Plan 2022 - 2024
Draft version. Bray, Andy et al (2025) Dublin: Dublin Region Homeless Executive
HSE Public Health: health inequalities position paper 2025
HSE Public Health. (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive
HSE Corporate Plan 2025–2027
(2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Report of the committee on standing orders and Dáil reform. Orders of reference and establishment of committees. Adopted by the Committee 29 April 2025
Committee on Standing Orders and Dail Reform. (2025) Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas
Thematic report on persistent income poverty and deprivation in Ireland. An analysis of the longitudinal Central Statistics Office (CSO) Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), 2015-2023.
Alamir, Anousheh and Maitre, Bertrand (2025) Dublin: Department of Social Protection
High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and Addiction – 2nd annual progress report (September 2023-2024)
High Level Taskforce Steering Committee. (2025) Dublin: Department of Health; Department of Justice.
HSE drugs and alcohol helpline and the HSE HIV and sexual health helpline annual report 2024
Dooley, Aileen (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Office of the State Pathologist annual report 2024
Office of the State Pathologist. (2025) Dublin: Department of Justice
Epidemiology of hepatitis B in Ireland: trends up to 2024
Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Epidemiology of hepatitis C in Ireland: trends from 2004 to 2024
Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Monitoring community HIV testing in Ireland, 2023
(2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Courts Service annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Courts Service
Recorded crime Q1 2025
(2025) Cork: Central Statistics Office
Health Service Executive annual report and financial statements 2024
(2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive
National Review Panel annual report 2024 [Prisons]
National Review Panel. (2025) Dublin: Tusla
Irish Cancer Society - pre-budget submission 2026
(2025) Dublin: Irish Cancer Society
The decline in the number of public houses 2005 to 2024
Foley, Anthony (2025) Dublin: Drinks Industry Group of Ireland
British-Irish Council annual report 2024/25
(2025) Edinburgh: British-Irish Council
Practitioner Health Matters Programme annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Practitioner Health Matters Programme
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International publications
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Health and social responses: provision of harm reduction equipment for high-risk drug use
European Union Drugs Agency. (2025)
Learning from 25 years of preventative interventions in Scotland
(2025) Edinburgh: Scottish Government
Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England
Department of Health & Social Care, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. (2025) London: UK Government
‘I am somebody now’—exploring meanings and experiences of gaining employment among people in substance use disorder treatment
Aas, Erlend Marius et al (2025) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. pp. 1-15. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2025.2527640
"It's because they're my kids, and I love them": substance use disorders' impact on children and families: a secondary analysis.
Ford, Meghan K et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (7). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327654
Enhancing opportunities to reduce escalation to substance use disorders through early engagement: a retrospective observational data linkage study of primary and secondary care in Wales
Ohaeri, Columbus et al (2025) BMJ Public Health, 3, (2). doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-002369
Measuring substance use in refugees: a systematic review of assessment instruments
Lindert, Jutta et al (2025) Substance Use & Addiction Journal, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/29767342251348146
Noncommunicable diseases progress monitor 2025
(2025) Geneva: World Health Organization
Why language matters. A terminology guide when discussing substance use, developed alongside people with lived and living experience
Substance use disorder, the workforce, and treatment quality for minoritized populations: a systematic review
Maxey, Hannah L et al (2025) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20. doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00656-8
Psychological distress trajectories in residential alcohol and other drug treatment
Hatton, Emma L et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14099
Physician perspectives on reducing harm and supporting emergency department patients who use drugs
Collins, Zoe K et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (7). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327899
Youth justice services: relationships, rehabilitation and the reality of the young people involved-a meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature
Moore, Kerri et al (2025) Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10567-025-00534-6
Scaling up low barrier wound care for people who use drugs: a mixed methods study
Turi, Eleanor et al (2025) Harm Reduction Journal, 22. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01241-9
Transporting the effect of the ASSIST school-based smoking prevention intervention to the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England Survey (2004-2021): a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
White, James (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70141
Previous-day drug expenditure among a sample of people who inject drugs, 2024
Wilson, Joanna et al (2025) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Social cognition and decision-making in people with methamphetamine use disorder
Mahlberg, Justin et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70108
Synthetic cannabinoid withdrawal: a systematic review of case reports
Sharma, Rishi and Weinstein, Aviv (2025) European Addiction Research, Early online. pp. 1-17. doi.org/10.1159/000546633
Assessing the threat posed by the increased availability, use and harms of highly potent synthetic opioids in the Baltic region
Cocaine cues used in experimental research: a systematic review.
Brobbin, Eileen et al (2025) Brain Sciences, 15, (6). doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15060626
What are synthetic drugs?
Duddy, Claire (2025) House of Commons Library Insight
The xylazine-fentanyl nexus: a public health emergency
Sandhu, Kanwarpreet Singh et al (2025) SAGE Open Medicine, 13. doi.org/10.1177/20503121251348068
Suicidal ideation and suicide completion in benzodiazepine users: a systematic review of current evidence
Khan, Safiyyah M et al (2025) Cureus, 17, (5). DOI: 10.7759/cureus.84318
Non-fatal overdose in narrative accounts of people in recovery from drug use
Maiden, Hannah et al (2025) Journal of Substance Use, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2025.2512509
Fatal drug overdoses in healthcare workers: a thematic framework analysis of coroner reports
Algahtani, Thikra (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70139
Evaluation of the National Mission on Drug Deaths: lived experience survey
(2025) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland
Among people who use heroin, tobacco smoking and illegal drugs cause a similar number of premature deaths
Lewer, Dan (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70140
The association between mental disorders and treatment retention among people with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tran, Lucy T et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 274. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112768
Extended-release buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: a mixed-methods study of response and experience
Lowry, Natalie et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70106
Pain management strategies for patients receiving extended-release buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: a scoping review
Azar, Pouya et al (2025) Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 19. doi.org/10.1177/29768357251343612
Age-period-cohort analysis of past 12-month cannabis use in Germany (1995-2021)
Schöllner, Natalie S et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70087
Longitudinal study of risk factors predicting cannabis use disorder in UK young adults and adolescents
Skumlien, Martine et al (2025) Communications Medicine, 5, (1). doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01018-y
Cannabis use disorder and five-year risk of oral cancer in a multicenter clinical cohort
Cuomo, Raphael E (2025) Preventive Medicine Reports, 57. doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103185
Prevalence rates, perceptions of risk, and motivations for nonmedical cannabis use in pediatric pain
Kossowsky, Joe et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (5). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12870
Use of tobacco and cannabis following state-level cannabis legalization
Hyatt, Andrew S et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (7). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.20093
Understanding tobacco and cannabis co-use, cessation strategies and intervention opportunities with young adults in UK further education colleges: a mixed methods study
Walsh, Hannah et al (2025) Substance Use & Misuse, Early online. pp. 1-11. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2533985
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Wales
Welsh Parliament, Health and Social Care Committee. (2025) Cardiff: Welsh Government
Double measures: conceptual tensions and the treatment of evidence in alcohol policy
Francis, Bennet and Jukola, Saana (2025) Philosophy of Medicine, 6, (1). doi.org/10.5195/pom.2025.226
Alcohol use disorder: from risk to diagnosis to recovery. NIAAA
(2025) The Healthcare Professional's Core Resource on Alcohol
Trends in motives for attempts to reduce alcohol consumption among risky adult drinkers in England: a representative population survey, 2017-2024
Kale, Dimitra et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 15. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100340
Almost two thirds of UK workers drink alcohol for work-related reasons
(2025) Alcohol Change UK blog
Can homes, schools and digital platforms drive young people’s alcohol consumption? Snapshot series on alcohol control policies and practice. Brief 13
(2025) Geneva: World Health Organization
Estimating the differential exposure of household groups to alcohol duty reforms in Great Britain
Wilson, Luke B et al (2025) Journal of Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf081
Applying an intersectional lens to alcohol inequities: a conceptual framework
Bright, Sophie et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70130
Alcohol, the brain and associated behaviours. [Video]
McCartney, David (2025) SHAAP
Concurrent treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder in women: a randomized clinical trial
Persson, Anna et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (7). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.21087
The global burden of stroke attributable to high alcohol use from 1990 to 2021: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021
Qian, Nannan et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (7). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328135
Why addressing conflicts of interest is essential to progress in reducing commercially driven health harms: lessons from tobacco
Gilmore, Anna B et al (2025) Future Healthcare Journal, 12, (2). doi.org/10.1016/j.fhj.2025.100268
Smoking cessation interventions for young adults - a scoping review
Peckham, Emily et al (2025) Substance Use & Misuse, Early online. pp. 1-9. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2530785
Model-based appraisal of the potential effects of minimum pricing for tobacco in Scotland
Gillespie, Duncan et al (2025) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059252
Sociodemographic and regional differences in cigarette consumption across Great Britain: a population study, 2022-2024
Jackson, Sarah E et al (2025) Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf133
Evaluating the impact of vaping facts films on vaping harm perceptions among young adults in the UK: a randomized on-line experiment
Alharbi, Mohammad et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70119
Vaping and young people: assessing early impacts of Australia’s comprehensive approach to vaping product control
Generation Vape. (2025) Sydney: Cancer Council NSW
What strategies do healthcare providers use to promote adolescents' vaping cessation? A scoping review
Nimmi, Naima et al (2025) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, (6). doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22060839
Neurodiversity and gambling harm: a rapid evidence assessment
Sweet, Amy (2025) Addiction Research & Theory, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2025.2523826
Comparative efficacy of psychological interventions for internet gaming disorder: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Wang, Ruofei et al (2025) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1619138
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Minister Murnane O’Connor announces investment in alcohol treatment services in response to growing demand
[Department of Health] (31 Jul 2025)
Drug searches in Ireland fall by 7,000 amid garda staffing crisis
[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (31 Jul 2025)
Minister Murnane O'Connor attends inaugural steering group meeting to oversee the development of the new National Drugs Strategy
[Department of Health] (30 Jul 2025)
Thousands of illegal vapes seized from shops by HSE over the past year
[thejournal.ie] O'Carroll, Conor (30 Jul 2025)
Ministers for Health announce that HHC is now classified as an illegal drug
[Department of Health] (29 Jul 2025)
Diversion scheme for those caught in possession of drugs to be in place by November
[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (29 Jul 2025)
Time to face the reality of synthetic drug use among young people
[thejournal.ie] Sherlock, Marie (26 Jul 2025)
IMO warns delay in alcohol labelling a ‘serious threat’ to public health
[Irish Medical Organisation] (25 Jul 2025)
Number of festivals to have HSE's harm reduction initiative is halved ahead of drugs strategy review
[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (24 Jul 2025)
Press release: Consequences of alcohol labelling delay will be felt by ordinary Irish people every day
[Alcohol Action Ireland] (23 Jul 2025)
Available, affordable, potent: Ireland is being hit by 'a perfect storm' of cocaine
[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (17 Jul 2025)
Behind the scenes: Ships delivering drugs to Ireland are making drop-offs in other countries first
[thejournal.ie] O'Connor, Niall (14 Jul 2025)
HSE cannot support vaping and nicotine pouch addiction through quit smoking programmes
[Irish Examiner] Griffin, Niamh (13 Jul 2025)
Gambling Regulator publishes licensing application guidance
[Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland] (10 Jul 2025)
New powers for CAB as Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan strengthens State’s ability to seize criminal assets
[Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration] (08 Jul 2025)
HSE aims to improve public knowledge that alcohol is a carcinogen that causes at least 7 types of cancer.
[Health Service Executive] (08 Jul 2025)
'Ireland needs military-grade drones to fend off bombardment of drugs by cocaine cartels'
[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (07 Jul 2025)
'Fagin’s Law' offences by adults to groom children into criminality 'difficult to prove', review finds
[Irish Examiner] Murray, Sean (04 Jul 2025)
Minister for Children Disability and Equality Norma Foley announces €330,000 in funding to support Ireland’s Prevention and Early Intervention programmes for children and young people
[Department of Children, Disability and Equality] (02 Jul 2025)
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