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International publications
Beyond punishment: from criminal justice responses to drug policy reform

(2024) Geneva: Global Commission on Drug Policy

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Who is the drug user activist?: Recounting the conceptualisation of drug user activism in the United Kingdom

Naguit, Raymond John S et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01128-1

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Extending the reach of involuntary treatment to substance use disorders: Is it 'compassionate' or coercive care?

Kisely, Steve et al (2024) The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, (12), pp. 1017-1019. doi.org/10.1177/00048674241299215

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Home-based detoxification for individuals with alcohol or drug dependence: a systematic review of the recent literature

Rens, Eva et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13986

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A world of harm. How U.S. taxpayers fund the global war on drugs over evidence-based health responses

Provost, Claire (2024) London: Harm Reduction International

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Still ambitious for recovery. How to address illegal drug addiction and strengthen law enforcement’s role

(2024) London: The Centre for Social Justice

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UNODC policymakers training package on the nature, prevention and treatment of drug use disorders

(2024) Vienna: UNODC

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Ethics in focus webinar: the power and principles of telling stories of substance use. [Video]

(2024) Anti Stigma Network

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Preconception health in adolescence and adulthood across generations in the UK: findings from three British birth cohort studies

Righton, Olivia et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (12). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299061

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Re-evaluating our focus in addiction: emotional dysregulation is a critical driver of relapse to drug use

Hand, Lexi J et al (2024) Translational Psychiatry, 14. doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-03159-5

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Harnessing the healing power of nature: a review of natural interventions in substance abuse treatment and prevention

Díaz-Martínez, Francisco et al (2024) Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 29. doi.org/10.1265/ehpm.24-00145

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Family intervention models for young adults with substance abuse: a systematic review

Binumon, Kodikuthiyel Vijayan et al (2024) Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/02537176241246042

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Family support, enriched preschool and serious youth offending

Allen, Jacqueline et al (2024) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (700), doi.org/10.52922/ti77567

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What is known about persons with co-occurring problems' experiences with supported housing, recovery, and health promotion? A scoping review

Hammervold, Unn Elisabeth et al (2024) BMC Health Services Research, 24. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11736-z

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How does climate change impact people who use alcohol and other drugs? A scoping review of peer reviewed literature

MacLean, Sarah et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 134. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104649

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EUDA webinar: Responses for drugs in prisons — implications for Latin America, Caribbean and Europe

European Union Drugs Agency. (2024) EUDA

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Global report on trafficking in persons 2024

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

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Sexual violence associated with international travel: a review of 443 cases

Kane, Daniel et al (2024) International Journal of Legal Medicine, Early Online. doi.org/10.1007/s00414-024-03388-9

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OECD toolkit to combat homelessness

(2024) Paris: OECD Publishing

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Critical analysis of tools for measuring recovery-oriented practice in mental health facilities: a scoping review

Garrido-Cervera, Josè Antonio et al (2024) Clinics and Practice, 14, (6), pp. 2313-2328. doi.org/10.3390/clinpract14060181

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Participation in organised sport to improve and prevent adverse developmental trajectories of at-risk youth: a systematic review.

Filges, Trine et al (2024) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20, (1). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1381

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Ask-Offer-Ask, a way of offering information & feedback that builds rapport. [Video]. [Teaching Resource]

Northeast & Caribbean ATTC. (2024) Kansas: Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network

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Take 10! Transforming care for women with substance use disorders (SUDs) and their families. [Teaching Resource]

Great Lakes ATTC. (2024) Kansas: Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network.

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A systematic review of trauma informed care in substance use settings

Mahon, Daryl (2024) Community Mental Health Journal, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01395-z

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A review of the quality of drug treatment, sustained recovery and related support services based on data submitted in the annual report questionnaire collections in 2020 and 2021.

(2024) Vienna: UNODC

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Non-pharmaceutical interventions for people living with HIV with cognitive impairment: a scoping review

Stuart, Lucinda et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (11). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314185

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Scottish National Audit Programme: demonstrating the value of national clinical audit. A management information release for Scotland.

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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Prevention of self-harm and suicide in young people up to the age of 25 in education settings

Sharma, Vartika et al (2024) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12, (12). doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013844.pub2

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Barriers and facilitators for social inclusion among people with concurrent mental health and substance use problems. A qualitative scoping review

Nord-Baade, Silje et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (12). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315758

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Exploring drug consumption rooms as ‘inclusion health interventions’: policy implications for Europe

Scher, Benjamin D et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, Early Online. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01099-3

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Experiences of misuse and symptoms of dependence among people who use gabapentinoids: a qualitative systematic review

McNeilage, Amy G et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 133. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104605

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How 3D printing technologies could undermine law enforcement strategies targeting the production and distribution of designer drugs

Gilpin, Victoria et al (2024) Science & Justice, 64, (6), pp. 677-687. doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2024.10.004

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The rise of novel, semi-synthetic 7-hydroxymitragnine products. [Letter].

Smith, Kirsten E et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16728

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Rare but relevant: nitrous oxide and peripheral neurotoxicity, what do we know?

Brunt, Tibor M et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16753

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Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Ezard, Nadine et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39701142/

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How to save a life. Emergency response to a drug overdose in prison, and harm reduction advice

RADAR (2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

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Evaluation of the National Mission on Drug Deaths - key informant interviews

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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Motivations for and perspectives of medication diversion among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Toronto, Canada

Martignetti, Lucas et al (2024)International Journal of Drug Policy, 135. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104665

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Virtual primary care for people with opioid use disorder: scoping review of current strategies, benefits, and challenges

Narayan, Shawna et al (2024) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26. doi: 10.2196/54015

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Opioids in Europe: preparing for a third wave

Stevens, Alex (2024) London: Brookings Institution

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Enhancing outcomes in opioid use disorder treatment: an economic evaluation of improving medication adherence for buprenorphine through blister-packaging

Borrelli, Eric P et al (2024) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 15. pp. 209-222. doi.org/10.2147/sar.s484831

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Frontal white matter changes and craving recovery in inpatients with heroin use disorder.

Gaudreault, Pierre-Olivier et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (12).  doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.51678

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Cannabidiol prescribing in the United States: an analysis of real-world data

Lin, Binx Yezhe et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 13. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100303

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Psychosis associated with cannabis withdrawal: systematic review and case series

Chesney, Edward et al (2024) The British Journal of Psychiatry, Early Online. pp. 1-12. doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.175

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The impact of schizophrenia genetic load and heavy cannabis use on the risk of psychotic disorder in the EU-GEI case-control and UK Biobank studies

Austin-Zimmerman, Isabelle et al (2024) Psychological Medicine, Early online. pp. 1-13. 10.1017/S0033291724002058

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A proof-of-concept analysis of data from the first NHS clinic for young adults with comorbid cannabis use and psychotic disorders

Di Forti, Marta et al (2025) BJPsych Open, 11, (1). 10.1192/bjo.2024.782

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Canadian cannabis survey 2024: summary

Health Canada. (2024) Ottawa: Government of Canada

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Alcohol use and cannabis craving in daily life: sex differences and associations among young adults

Davis, Christal N et al (2024) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15461

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Proximal antecedents and acute outcomes of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: systematic review of daily- and event-level studies

Farrelly, Kyra N et al (2024) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15484

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Trends in young people accessing English alcohol treatment services: 2014 to 2023

Hayhurst, Karen P et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 135. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104663

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New alcohol mortality data presents a bleak picture for England

Angus, Colin (2024) IAS Blog

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Alcohol related hospital statistics Scotland financial year 2023 to 2024

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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A systematic review of the reasons for quitting and/or reducing alcohol among those who have received alcohol use disorder treatment

Prestigiacomo, Christiana et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 13. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100300

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International scientific symposium - Reducing the burden of alcohol: focus on two scientific and public policy challenges. Presentation videos

(2024) Santé publique France

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Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: a multi-methods study to develop novel framing approaches

Fitzgerald, Niamh et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16743

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Exploring and describing alcohol harm reduction interventions: a scoping review of literature from the past decade in the western world

Perrin, Sarah et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01105-8

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Epidemiology and outcomes of alcohol-associated hepatitis in adolescents and young adults

Flemming, Jennifer A et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (12). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.52459

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Changes in socio-economic inequality in alcohol-attributable mortality in periods of increasing and decreasing alcohol affordability

Mäkelä, Pia and Lindell, Elsi (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13989

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Estimating recent trends in UK alcohol sales from alcohol duty revenue

Angus, Colin and Schöley, Jonas (2024) medRXiv, Early Online. doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.12.24318899

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Across the multiverse: exploring a diverse set of specifications related to cross-sectional and prospective associations between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems

Halladay, J et al (2024) Psychological Medicine, Early Online. pp. 1-15. doi.org/10.1017/s0033291724002502

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The effect of proportional pricing on alcohol purchasing in two online experiments

Kersbergen, Inge et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16723

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Is there a link between per capita alcohol consumption and cancer mortality?

Dadgar, Iman et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13984

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Alcoholic beverage consumption and female breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Sohi, Ivneet et al (2024) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15493

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Do health warning labels on alcohol packaging attract visual attention? A systematic review

Lacoste-Badie, S et al (2024) Public Health, 236. pp. 184-192. doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.07.030

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Exploring the delivery of alcohol-related health advice in dental practice settings: a scoping review

Mohan, Andrea et al (2024) Edinburgh: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems

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Disentangling the temporal relationship between alcohol-related attitudes and heavy episodic drinking in adolescents within a randomized controlled trial

Percy, Andrew et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16721

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Promising strategies for the prevention of alcohol-related brain damage through optimised management of acute alcohol withdrawal: a focussed literature review

Quelch, Darren et al (2024) Journal of Psychopharmacology, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/02698811241294005

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An introduction to Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Howlett, Helen (2024) IAS Blog,

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Ethanol for the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: a systematic review.

Quelch, Darren et al (2024) Clinical Toxicology, Early Online. pp. 1-13. doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2422964

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Council recommendation on smoke-and aerosol-free environments replacing Council recommendation 2009/C 296/02

Council of the European Union. (2024) Brussels: European Commission

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Associations of smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing with smoking behavior and second-hand smoke exposure: a systematic review

Garritsen, Heike H et al (2024) Addiction, doi.org/10.1111/add.16724

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Examining e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation treatment: a critical umbrella review analysis

O'Leary, Renée et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 266. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112520

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Personalized and adaptive interventions for smoking cessation: emerging trends and determinants of efficacy

Cohen, Gal et al (2024) iScience, 27, (11). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111090

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Gambling

(2024) Geneva: World Health Organization

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Towards an active role of financial institutions in preventing problem gambling: a proposed conceptual framework and taxonomy of financial wellbeing indicators

Lakew, Nathan et al (2024) Journal of Gambling Studies, 40, (4), pp. 1857-1886. doi.org/10.1007/s10899-024-10312-8

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Why it is important to conduct gambling research that is fair and free from conflicts of interest. [Letter].

Roberts, Amanda et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16729

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