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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
National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2023 drug treatment demand

Lynch, Tiina and Condron, Ita and Lyons, Suzi and Carew, Anne Marie (2024) Dublin: Health Research Board.


European drug report 2024: trends and developments

(2024) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union


Outcomes of the LEAP feasibility trial-A low-threshold, exercise programme with protein supplementation to target frailty and poor physical functioning in people experiencing homelessness and addiction issues

Kennedy, Fiona et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (5). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301926


Key findings from the self-complete survey with cohort ’08 at 13

Smyth, Emer et al (2024) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth


Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform. Orders of reference for Special Committee on Drugs Use. Adopted by the Committee 28 February 2024

Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform. (2024) Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas


Implementing the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs

(2024) Dublin: Citywide


Seeing through hidden harm to brighter futures. A report of a conference held at the Ashling Hotel, Dublin October 18th 2023

Barlow, Joy (2024) Dublin: FamiliBase


Classifying national drinking patterns in Europe between 2000 and 2019: a clustering approach using comparable exposure data.

Correia, Daniela et al (2024) Addiction, Early online, doi.org/10.1111/add.16567


BETTER LIFE- guidelines for chronic disease preventive care for people aged 18-39 years: a literature review.

Moqueet, Nasheed et al (2024) BMC Primary Care, 25, 224. doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02471-9.


Reduce your risk of cancer.

Irish Cancer Prevention Network. (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive


Youth prevention toolkit: e-cigarettes and other nicotine delivery systems

HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme. (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive


Discharged from the emergency department following hospital-presented self-harm: referral patterns and risk of repeated self-harm

Cully, Grace et al (2024) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-024-03722-5


Comparing times of self-harm presentations to hospital emergency departments in children, adolescents, young adults and adults: a national registry study 2007–2019

McEvoy, David et al (2024) BMC Psychiatry, 24. doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05921-x


Healthcare practitioners' views of self-harm management practices in older adults in Ireland: a qualitative study

Troya, M Isabela et al (2024) International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 39, (7). doi.org/10.1002/gps.6116


To investigate the pattern of neck injuries and the role of toxicology in cases of hanging and manual/homicidal ligature strangulation in Ireland between 2016 - 2020: a retrospective review and analysis

Commins, Corey et al (2024) Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 103. doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102686


Evidence to decision: HIV PEP - Needlestick exposure from a discarded needle in the community and shared injecting paraphernalia recommendations

HSE Public Health: National Health Protection Office. (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive


Unveiling the shadows: dynamics of domestic violence and abuse in Dublin 10

McDonnell, Sean and Costello, Karen (2024) Dublin: Saoirse


Ireland country security report.

Overseas Security Advisory Council. (2024) Washington DC: US Department of State


Northwest Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force SMART booklet. [Video]

(2024) Northwest Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force


An evaluation of the Focus Ireland Women’s Outlook Programme

Clarke, Ann et al (2024) Dublin: Focus Ireland


The experiences and outcomes of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller pregnant people in pregnancy: a scoping review

O'Brien, M et al (2024) International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Early online. doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.15723


Correlates of problematic gambling in emerging adult university students in Ireland

Murphy, Michael P et al (2024) Journal of Gambling Studies, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10899-024-10323-5


Childhood gambling experiences and adult problem gambling

Ó Ceallaigh, Diarmaid et al (2024) Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute


Public health approaches to tackling gambling related harms

Inquiry report. (2024) Belfast: Northern Ireland Assembly All Party Group (APG) on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling


Views of the workers - drug and alcohol use in the workforce in Northern Ireland

Campbell, Anne and Cambell, Orfhlaith (2024) Belfast: Northern Ireland Alcohol and Drugs Alliance


Caffeinated alcoholic drinks and health.

McKay, Michael T (2024) Belfast: Northern Ireland Alcohol and Drugs Alliance


Mental Health Commission annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Mental Health Commission.


Health Information and Quality Authority annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: HIQA


National cancer strategy 2017-2026: implementation report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Department of Health


Women's Aid annual impact report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Women's Aid


Recorded crime Q1 2024.

(2024) Cork: Central Statistics Office


International publications
World drug report 2024 - key findings and conclusions.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2024) New York: United Nations


EU drug market: new psychoactive substances — in-depth analysis [Webpage]

EMCDDA & Europol (2024)  


Global status report on alcohol and health and treatment of substance use disorders

(2024) Geneva: World Health Organization


“Recovery is complicated”: a qualitative exploration of Canadian university students’ diverse recovery experiences

Burns, Victoria F et al (2024) Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2024.2347241


Interim monitoring report on statutory-funded residential rehabilitation placements

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland


Harm reduction advocacy – webinar series [Videos].

Sárosi, Péter (2024) Rights Reporter Foundation


Developing a coordinated response to chemsex across health, justice and social care settings: expert consensus statement

Hillier, Bradley et al (2024) BJPsych Bulletin, Early online. doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.46


Closing doors, opening windows – Adaptations and opportunities for harm reduction services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Rigoni, Rafaela and Tammi, Tuukka (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2356746


Commercial determinants of noncommunicable diseases in the WHO European region

(2024) World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.


Alcohol, drugs and driving consensus statement. Saving lives: reducing preventable harm caused by driving under the influence.

British Medical Association. (2024) London: BMA


Drug checking: principles of practice - a model for Victoria

Seear, Kate (2024) Victoria, BC: arm Reduction Victoria and Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association


The world factbook. Field listing: illicit drugs. [Webpage]

(2024) Central Intelligence Agency 


#Digital Youth – How children and young people are targeted with harmful product marketing online

Backholer, Kathryn (2024) Melbourne: Deakin University


Web-based forums for people experiencing substance use or gambling disorders: scoping review

Peart, Annette et al (2024) JMIR Mental Health, 11. doi.org/10.2196/49010


The Australian ‘drug budget’: Government drug policy expenditure 2021/22

DPMP monograph no. 36. Ritter, Alison et al (2024) Sydney: Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW


Uses of psychotropic drugs by university students in Switzerland

Berchtold, André et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (6). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305392


The challenge of new psychoactive substances - a technical update

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


Evaluating the effects of supervised consumption sites on housing prices in Montreal, Canada using interrupted time series and hedonic price models

Schaefer, Maximilian and Panagiotoglou, Dimitra (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 11. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100242


Economic evaluations of establishing opioid overdose prevention centers in 12 north American cities: a systematic review.

Behrends, Czarina N et al (2024) Value in health, 27, (5), pp. 655-669. doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2024.02.004


Experience of personal loss due to drug overdose among US adults

Kennedy-Hendricks, Alene et al (2024) JAMA Health Forum, 5, (5). 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1262


Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: January to March 2024

(2024) Edinburgh: Scottish Government


Worldwide incidence of suicides in prison: a systematic review with meta-regression analyses

Mundt, Adrian P et al (2024) The Lancet Psychiatry, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00134-2


Involvement of propranolol in suicides: cross-sectional study using coroner-reported data

Gorton, Hayley C et al (2024) BJPsych Open, 10, (4). doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.714


Risk of drug-related death associated with co-prescribing of gabapentinoids and z-drugs among people receiving opioid-agonist treatment: a national retrospective cohort study

Glancy, Megan et al (2024) Psychiatry Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116028


In vitro structure-activity relationships and forensic case series of emerging 2-benzylbenzimidazole 'nitazene' opioids

De Vrieze, Liam M et al (2024) Archives of Toxicology, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03774-7


Rotation from methadone to buprenorphine using a micro-dosing regime in patients with opioid use disorder and serious mental illness: a case series

Praeger, Vivian C et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13885


Exploring patients' perceptions on injectable opioid agonist treatment: influences on treatment initiation and implications for practice

Friedmann, Zoe et al (2024) European Addiction Research, 30, (1), pp. 32-42. doi.org/10.1159/000535416


Emergency department staff compassion is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma among patients with opioid use disorder.

Steinhauser, Savannah et al (2024) Academic Emergency Medicine, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acem.14970


Rapid induction of transdermal buprenorphine to subcutaneous extended-release buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder

Azar, Pouya et al (2024) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19. doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00479-1


Rapid initiation of injection naltrexone for opioid use disorder: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized clinical trial.

Shulman, Matisyahu et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (5). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.9744 


Crafting effective regulatory policies for psychedelics: what can be learned from the case of cannabis?

Andrews, Christina M et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16575


Global patterns in small-scale cannabis growers' distribution practices: exploring the grower-distributor nexus

Søgaard, Thomas Friis et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104463


Heavy lifetime cannabis use and mortality by sex

Vallée, Alexandre (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (6). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.15227


Cannabis use reported by patients receiving primary care in a large health system

Gelberg, Lillian et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (6). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.14809


Assessing rates and predictors of cannabis-associated psychotic symptoms across observational, experimental and medical research

Schoeler, Tabea et al (2024) Nature Mental Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00261-x


The contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among minority ethnic groups in Europe

Selten, J P et al (2024) Psychological Medicine, Early online. pp. 1-10. doi.org/10.1017/s0033291724001004


Changes in prenatal cannabis-related diagnosed disorders after the Cannabis Act and the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Canada

Nazif-Munoz, José Ignacio et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16564


Risk of severe mood and anxiety disorders in the adult children of parents with alcohol use disorder: a nationwide cohort study

Kane, Kimberly et al (2024) Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 78, (7), pp. 444-450. doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-221720


Early drinking onset and subsequent alcohol use in late adolescence: a longitudinal study of drinking patterns

Sjödin, Lars et al (2024) The Journal of Adolescent Health, 74, (6), pp. 1225-1230. doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.02.014


A dose-response meta-analysis on the relationship between average amount of alcohol consumed and death by suicide

Lange, Shannon et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 260. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111348


Through the looking glass: an alcohol advertisement every 3 minutes

Rutherford, Brienna N et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13886


Reducing alcohol harms whilst minimising impact on hospitality businesses: 'Sweetspot' policy options.

Fitzgerald, Niamh et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 129. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104465


How can agent-based modelling provide new insights into the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland?

Boyd, Jennifer et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13880


Influence of childhood trauma and traumatic stress on a woman's risk of having a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Parker, Michelle et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15334


Current and ideal living arrangements and supports for Canadian adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)-Part I: perspectives from adults with FASD

Gault, Siann et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15336


Current and ideal living arrangements and supports for Canadian adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Part II- perspectives from caregivers

Gault, Siann et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15337


Effectiveness of a self-help guide during a temporary alcohol abstinence challenge: a randomized controlled trial

Esselink, Annelien et al (2024) Alcohol and Alcoholism, 59, (4). doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agae034


Costs of alcohol harms in New Zealand: updating the evidence with recent research

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. (2024) Wellington: NZIER


Inflation and health: a global scoping review

Movsisyan, Ani et al (2024) The Lancet Global Health, 12, (6), e1038-e1048. doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00133-5


Tobacco endgame goals and measures in Europe: current status and future directions

Ollila, Hanna et al (2024) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058606


The association of smoking with different eating and dietary behaviours: a cross-sectional analysis of 80 296 United Kingdom adults

Alruwaili, Arwa et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16584


Impact of Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations on cigarette consumption and youth smoking in England: interrupted time-series analysis

Buss, Vera Helen et al (2024) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058560


Harm perceptions across vaping product features: an on-line cross-sectional survey of adults who smoke and/or vape in the United Kingdom

East, Katherine et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16572


Electronic cigarettes and subsequent use of cigarettes in young people: an evidence and gap map

Conde, Monserrat et al (2024) Addiction, Early online, doi.org/10.1111/add.16583


Young people's use of disposable vapes: a qualitative study

Notley, Caitlin et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16570


Nicotine strength of e-liquids used by adult vapers in Great Britain: a population survey 2016 to 2024.

Jackson, Sarah E et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16576


Policy paper on strategies and regulatory options aimed at reducing risks and harms related to online gaming and online gambling

(2024) Strasbourg: Council of Europe International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addictions


Risks and harms associated with online gaming and gambling

Expert Group Online Addictions. (2024) Strasbourg: Council of Europe International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addictions


How did the ‘whistle-to-whistle’ ban affect gambling advertising on TV? A live football matching study

McGrane, Ellen et al (2024) Addiction Research & Theory, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2355183


Too young to gamble: long-term risks from underage gambling

Pérez, Levi (2024) Journal of Gambling Studies, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10899-024-10319-1


Impulse and reason? Justifications in problem gambling

Wu, Raymond and Clark, Luke (2024) Addictive Behaviors Reports, 157. 38851143


Functional connectivity changes in the brain of adolescents with internet addiction: a systematic literature review of imaging studies

Chang, Max LY and Lee, Irene O (2024) PLoS Mental Health, 1, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000022


News
HSE Safer Nightlife Programme hosts harm reduction services at Mother Pride Block Party 2024.

[Health Service Executive] (28 Jun 2024)


Government approves legislation to increase the minimum legal age of sale of tobacco products to 21.

[Department of Health] (25 Jun 2024)


Activists hold breath over gambling legislation amid ‘barrage’ of lobbying.

[Irish Times] White, Jack (24 Jun 2024)


'They see no way out': 113% jump in homeless people seeking mental health support from charity.

[thejournal.ie] Ryan, Orla (17 Jun 2024)


Ireland joins European ports network tasked with tackling drug trafficking.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (17 Jun 2024)


‘We’re seeing firearms, arson, attacks on homes’: the families in the eye of Ireland’s cocaine storm

[The Guardian] Kelly, Annie (16 Jun 2024)


Meeting with Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use.

[Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use] (14 Jun 2024)


HSE Risk Communication - Monitoring Emerging Overdose Situation

[HSE drugs.ie] (14 Jun 2024)


New state-of-the-art HSE drug trends laboratory opens

[Health Service Executive] (12 Jun 2024)


European Drug Report 2024.

[Health Research Board] (10 Jun 2024)


‘Reduce Drug Harm’ at events and festivals this weekend

[Health Service Executive] (07 Jun 2024)


HSE warns people to stop using e-cigarette products containing illegal levels of nicotine

[Health Service Executive] (05 Jun 2024)


New Oireachtas committee on drugs use is expected to produce interim reports

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (05 Jun 2024)


Minister Burke launches interactive map to facilitate access to 442 publicly-funded drug treatment and family support services.

[Department of Health] (04 Jun 2024)


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