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Nurse prescribing of opioid agonist treatment in Ireland: evidence, governance, and the politics of drug policy decision-making.
Kelly, Peter et al (2026) International Journal of Drug Policy, 149. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105153
Understanding and preventing drug-related interpersonal violence in Ireland through a public health approach
Comiskey, Catherine M et al (2026) International Journal of Drug Policy, 149. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105156
Demographic and route to treatment differences between people using different substances in the Republic of Ireland: a comparative analysis using data from an EU wide treatment demand protocol
James, Philip D et al (2026) Journal of Drug Issues, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/00220426261419782
Ireland Thinks poll: December 2025 [Alcohol labelling].
Ireland Thinks. (2026) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland.
Youth drinking in Ireland: what’s the real picture?
(2026) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Ireland
McCrory, S et al (2026) Irish Medical Journal, 119, (1), p. 17.
Corporate power in Ireland: a review
Stephens, Jennie C et al (2026) Dublin: Maynooth University
Drug related intimidation in Northern Ireland: nature, support needs and how to respond. A summary report
Public Health Agency. (2025) Belfast: Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime.
The role of pharmacogenomics in the discontinuation of psychotropic medication: a scoping review protocol
Stollarova, Natalia et al (2026) HRB Open Research, 9. doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.14314.1
Social determinants of clusters of health behaviours: a longitudinal cohort study using latent- class analysis
McEvoy, Olivia and Layte, Richard (2026) BMC Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26188-9
HRB National Drugs Library factsheet updates (2026)
Office of the Inspector of Prisons reports (2026)
Childhood gambling experiences and adult problem gambling
Ó Ceallaigh, Diarmaid et al (2026) International Gambling Studies, Early online. pp. 1-18. doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2025.2591411
Supporting student wellbeing in school contexts: a narrative review
Dempsey, Caoimhe and McCoy, Selina (2026) Dublin: ESRI
Youth oriented advertising in Ireland’s National Lottery: a quantitative content analysis of advertisements
Houghton, Frank et al (2026) Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health, 21, (1). doi.org/10.54103/2282-0930/30498
TikTok, teens and mental health: quantifying algorithmic exposure to harmful content
Gannon, John et al (2025) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-025-04244-4
Advertising, branded clothing & sponsorship
(2026) Dublin: Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland
Smartphone use, porn, drug and alcohol addictions on Liveline. [Audio]
Cuddihy, Kieran and Kennedy, Ruth (2026) Dublin: RTE
The surprising source of Ireland’s cannabis. [Audio]
Lally, Conor (2026) Irish Times
Warning over use of nitrous oxide. [Audio]
(2026) Dublin: RTE Drivetime
Trends in psychological distress among adolescents in Ireland: survey data from 2018 to 2023 & lived experience perspective
Dooley, Niamh et al (2026) Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-03026-8
Exploring service user attitudes towards mental health technologies
Fitzpatrick, Patrick et ak (2026) Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early online. doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2026.10170
Wish to die and healthcare use in older people: cross-sectional findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).
Troya, M Isabela et al (2025) Journal of Public Health (Berl.), Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02647-2
Comparative effects of electronic and traditional cigarette use on pulmonary function, autonomic regulation, and exercise capacity in young adults
Erturk, Nurel and Karababa, Hayrul Nisa (2026) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-025-04271-1
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2025: country profile Ireland
(2025) Geneva: World Health Organization
Department of Health statement of strategy 2025-2028
(2026) Dublin: Department of Health
Self-harm in Irish prisons 2024 report. Sixth report from the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) project
Irish Prison Service, National Office for Suicide Prevention, National Suicide Research Foundation. (2025) Dublin: Irish Prison Service
National Poisons Information Centre annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: National Poisons Information Centre
Frontline Make Change annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Frontline Make Change
The Rotunda Hospital Dublin annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: The Rotunda Hospital
Simon Communities of Ireland annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Simon Communities of Ireland
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International publications
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Euro-DEN Plus: The European Drug Emergencies Network Plus Protocol
European Union Drugs Agency, Euro-Den Plus. (2026) Lisbon: EUDA.
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs annual report (January 2023 to December 2025 consolidated)
(2025) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Impact statement: the 10 year health plan for England
(2026) London: Department of Health & Social Care
Framing decriminalization: a mixed-methods study on media narratives, government resources, misinformation, and public support of British Columbia's drug decriminalization policy
Ali, Farihah et al (2025) International Journal of Drug Policy, 148. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105123
Peer support in Scotland: insight report 1
(2026) Glasgow: Scottish Recovery Network
Interventions to reduce relapse risk and drug craving in patients with substance use disorders in forensic psychiatric care: a systematic review of controlled trials
Månsson, Martin et al (2025) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1718332
Exploring Scottish addiction services: provider-based stigma, addiction aetiology beliefs, treatment bias, and burnout among addiction treatment providers
Ciesluk, Beata et al (2026) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s13011-026-00701-0
What is known about the development of relational competence in the mental health education of healthcare professionals - a scoping review
Beyene, Lise Saestad et al (2025) BMC Medical Education, 26. doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08353-7
Addiction is a mental disorder within the mental health spectrum, and it matters
Schütz, Christian G et al (2025) Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early online. pp. 1-8. doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2025.10157
Highly significant correlation between rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in youth survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) and their biological mothers
Reeson, Matthew et al (2026) PLoS ONE, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340591
Disproportionate mental health risks in autistic females: a rapid review with quantitative and narrative syntheses
Lacroix, Adeline et al (2025) Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 80. doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2025.101229
‘What am I doing?’ Adults with ADHD reveal struggles with addiction. [Audio]
A meta-analysis of sexual orientation inequities in substance use among youth
Mereish, Ethan H et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70301
Minimal progress toward sustainment: 10-year replication of substance use EBP sustainment trajectories and associations with implementation characteristics
Dopp, Alex R et al (2025) Implementation Science, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s13012-025-01471-2
Scoping review of the characteristics and implementation of routine outcome monitoring and feedback for adults and young people accessing alcohol and other drug use treatment
Beck, Alison K et al (2026) International Journal of Drug Policy, 147. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105071
Actigraphy-based sleep outcomes in substance use disorders: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Paredes Naveda, Alisson M et al (2026) PLoS ONE, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340595
Barriers to and facilitators of implementation of internet-delivered therapist-guided therapy in child and adolescent mental health services: systematic review and bayesian meta-analysis
Sannes, Annika et al (2025) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27. doi: 10.2196/83543
Effects of different exercise types on craving in substance use disorder patients with drug dependence -network meta-analysis and dose-response relationships based on frequentist and Bayesian models
Wang, Chuanqiushui et al (2025) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s13722-025-00639-x
Building a comprehensive understanding of 2SLGBTQ+ youth homelessness: a scoping review
Abramovich, Alex et al (2025) International Journal for Equity in Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02740-8
A meta-analysis of sexual orientation inequities in substance use among youth.
Mereish, Ethan H et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70301
Work programme of the Pompidou Group (2026-2029).
(2025) Strasbourg: Pompidou Group
"He will still know where I live": harm reduction for women who use drugs and experience gender-based violence
Ramírez-López, Anabel et al (2026) Harm Reduction Journal, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01393-8
Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023
GBD 2023 Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence against Children Collaborators. (2026) The Lancet, 405, 10523,
Europol in brief 2025.
Europol. (2025) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union
Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession
McAdam, Erica et al (2025) International Journal of Drug Policy, 146. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105068
What we need, not what we're given: recommendations for action from young sex workers who use drugs
Schneider, Marie et al (2026) Harm Reduction Journal, 23, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01357-y
Evaluating the impact of an on-site drug testing facility providing real-time drug alerts upon first-aid presentations at a Belgian festival.
Gworek, Hanne et al Pieter (2026) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2026.2613864
Estimating the population size of people who inject drugs in Canada, 2021.
Williams, Anson et al (2025) Canada Communicable Disease Report, 25, (9), pp. 364-373. doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v51i09a06
Drug harms in Canada: a multi-criteria decision analysis
Crépault, Jean-François et al (2026) Journal of Psychopharmacology, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/02698811251409147
Reitox Alliance operating framework
European Union Drugs Agency. (2026) Lisbon: EUDA.
Addressing policy barriers to scaling up needle and syringe programmes: a global call to action
Fontaine, Guillaume et al (2026) The Lancet. Global health, 14, (1), e164-e172. doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00433-4
HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe 2025 – 2024 data. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control/WHO Regional Office for Europe
(2025) Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Addiction and chronic skin diseases: a pan-European study on prevalence, associations and patient impact. Ziehfreund, Stefanie et al (2025) Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/jdv.70245
Ziehfreund, Stefanie et al (2025) Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/jdv.70245
Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly reports 2026
(2026) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.
Drug and Alcohol Information System overview of initial assessments for specialist drug and alcohol treatment 2024/25.
(2026) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland
Cocaine use in Europe: the need for cross-sectoral collaboration between security, justice, health, and social systems
Lhosmot-Marquet, Marie et al (2026) The Lancet. Public health, 11, (1), e61-e68. doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00283-x
Legislating novel psychoactive substances: lessons from 15 years of UK mortality data (2007-2022).
Rock, Kirsten L et al (2026) Frontiers in Pharmacology, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2025.1708335
Drug safety update (DSU). Improving information supplied with gabapentinoids (pregabalin/gabapentin), benzodiazepines and z-drugs.
(2026) London: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Adverse events associated with classic psychedelics and MDMA: a real-world population-based study using the WHO pharmacovigilance database (VigiBase)
Syed, Omer A et al (2026) Psychiatry Research, 357. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116929
Increased prevalence of nitrous oxide-induced subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: clinical and imaging findings.
Bruen, Richard et al (2026) AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, Early online. doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a9062
Trends in fentanyl-containing drug samples seized by law enforcement agencies across Canada
Ledlie, Shaleesa et al (2026) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70314
Concordance between urine drug screening and self-reported use in the context of a pragmatic randomized-controlled trial in people with prescription-type opioid use disorder
Bastien, Gabriel et al (2026) Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 71, (1), pp. 41-52. doi.org/10.1177/07067437251367180
Postpartum retention in opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence: a population-based cohort study
Zhou, Joanna et al (2026) Archives of Women's Mental Health, 29, (6), doi.org/10.1007/s00737-025-01640-8
The association of methadone use with physical function and frailty among persons who inject drugs
Kulik, Grace L et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70306
The role of opioid treatment programs' crisis response on client perceptions of risk and impact
Frimpong, Jemima A et al (2025) BMC Public Health, 26. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25735-0
Varenicline for cannabis use disorder: a randomized controlled trial
McRae-Clark, Aimee L et al (2026) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70296
Developmental trajectories of positive expectancies of cannabis use effects among early adolescents: longitudinal observational study using latent class growth analysis
Qin, Weisiyu Abraham et al (2026) JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 12. doi: 10.2196/85652
Addressing cannabis hyperemesis syndrome in Canada
(2026) Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Metabolic profile of male cannabis users and estimation of candidate biomarkers
Oz, Esin et al (2025) Chemical Research in Toxicology, 38, (10), pp. 1762-1770. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5c00274
Developing medical cannabis competencies: a consensus statement
Zolotov, Yuval et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (10). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.35049
Cannabis-based medicines for chronic neuropathic pain in adults
Ateş, Gülay et al (2026) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, (1). doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd012182.pub3
A qualitative study of same session co-use of nicotine and cannabis among adolescents and young adults
Davis, Danielle R et al (2026) PLoS ONE, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340050
Global report on the use of alcohol taxes, 2025
(2026) Geneva: World Health Organization
Minimum legal drinking age and educational outcomes
Bagues, Manuel and Villa, Carmen (2025) Journal of Health Economics, 104. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103078
Now you see it, now you don’t. How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England
Thompson, Emma and Severi, Katherine (2026) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies
A web of interference: how Big Alcohol undermined health policy and polluted public discourse in 2025
Dunnbier, Maik and Andersson, Pierre (2026) Stockholm: Movendi International
Alcohol and substance use policies on Canadian university campuses: a scoping review of grey literature
MacKinnon, Madison et al (2025) Journal of American College Health, Early online. pp. 1-11. doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2603377
Impact and barriers: a national survey of UK adults on alcohol dependence
(2026) Essex: Clean Slate Clinic, Adfam, The University of Sussex
The causal interplay between depression and alcohol use from adolescence to young adulthood: a Mendelian randomization study
Wang, Xuefei et al (2026) Psychological Medicine, 56. doi.org/10.1017/s0033291725102444
Alcohol related hospital statistics Scotland financial year 2024 to 2025
(2026) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland
Public health impacts of increasing the minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland: a model-based appraisal
Holmes, John et al (2026) PLoS Medicine, 23, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004792
Reduction in sugar intake after the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a difference-in-differences analysis
Leckcivilize, Attakrit et al (2025) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.101128
Alcohol use disorders are associated with higher healthcare expenditure among older adults with suspected cognitive impairment: a registry-based cross-sectional study
Kamsvaag, Ben et al (2026) PLoS ONE, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340484
‘Alcohol problems are definitely twenty-four seven’—a qualitative interview study exploring the presenting features of alcohol-related ambulance call-outs in Scotland (IMPAACT study).
Martin, Jack Gregor et al (2026) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2026.2615705
Impulsivity and neuroticism share distinct functional connectivity signatures with alcohol-use risk in youth
Cheng, Annie et al (2026) Molecular Psychiatry, 31, (2), pp. 953-962. doi.org/10.1038/s41380-025-03196-6
How should public health respond to rise of alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks?
Holmes, John (2026) BMJ, 392. doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-086563
Longitudinal trends in vaping, smoking, and harmful alcohol use across sexual orientations in the UK (2014-2021).
Bai, Yihong et al (2026) PLoS ONE, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339847
Nicotine and the cardiovascular system: unmasking a global public health threat
Münzel, Thomas et al (2025) European Heart Journal, doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1010
The health effects of vaping and e-cigarettes: consensus recommendations
Kouzoukas, Erika et al (2025) International Journal of Drug Policy, 148. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105117
Continuing use of e-cigarettes after stopping smoking and relapse: secondary analysis of a large randomised controlled trial
Hajek, Peter et al (2026) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70294
The role of vaping in smoking cessation. An addendum to the ‘Guide to smoking cessation in Scotland – Planning and providing specialist smoking cessation services (2017)’.
(2026) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland
How online gambling fits into people’s lives: qualitative research on nonproblem gamblers
Ghelfi, Michela et al (2025) Current Psychology, 45. doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08836-2
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