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International publications
Implementing quality standards for drug services and systems: a six-step guide to support quality assurance.

 EMCDDA (2021) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

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A grounded theory study: how non-treatment-seeking substance users make sense of their behaviour “I want to be me but I don’t know who me is”.

Lawson, Sarah and Griffiths, Helen (2021) International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00592-1

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[Video] Understanding patient preferences for drug dependence treatment.

(2021) National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney

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How might the 'Icelandic model' for preventing substance use among young people be developed and adapted for use in Scotland? Utilising the consolidated framework for implementation research in a qualitative exploratory study.

Carver, Hannah (2021) BMC Public Health, 21, (1), p. 1742.

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A qualitative exploration of young people's experiences of attempted suicide in the context of alcohol and substance use.

Guest, Rebecca et al (2021) PLoS ONE, 16, (8), e0256915

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The Drug Science podcast #46 - Human behaviour with Dame Theresa Marteau.

 Nutt, David (2021) London: Drug Science

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Lessons learned from the first European project on the integration of infectious diseases in testing services, data collection and country responses.

Raben, Dorthe et al (2021) BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, (Suppl 2), 690

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The illicit trade of cocaine from Latin America to Europe – from oligopolies to free for-all?

UNODC and EUROPOL (2021) Cocaine Insights 1. Vienna: UNODC

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Care and treatment for people with alcohol related brain damage in Scotland. A report on visits to people and services across Scotland in 2021.

(2021) Edinburgh: Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland.

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Reimagining brief interventions for alcohol: towards a paradigm fit for the twenty first century?

McCambridge, Jim (2021) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16, (1), p. 41

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The "Outcome Reporting in Brief Intervention Trials: Alcohol" (ORBITAL) core outcome set: international consensus on outcomes to measure in efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol brief interventions.

Shorter, Gillian W et al (2021) Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 82, (5), pp. 638-646.

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Pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorders - unequal provision across sociodemographic factors and co-morbid conditions. A cohort study of the total population in Sweden.

Wallhed Finn, et al (2021) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 108964. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108964

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Screening for alcohol use in pregnancy: a review of current practices and perspectives.

Dozet, Danijela et al (2021) International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Early online, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc8457028/.

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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: health needs assessment.

(2021) London: Department of Health and Social Care

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The effects of alcohol consumption and its associations with disease activity among 979 patients with inflammatory arthritis.

Turk, Matthew et al (2021) RMD Open, 7, (2).

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Trajectories of alcohol consumption during life and the risk of developing breast cancer.

Donat-Vargas, Carolina et al (2021) British Journal of Cancer, doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01492-w

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Acute consumption of alcohol and discrete atrial fibrillation events.

Marcus, Gregory M et al (2021) Annals of Internal Medicine, Early online. https://doi.org/10.7326/m21-0228

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Treatment for opioid use disorder in the Florida medicaid population: Using a cascade of care model to evaluate quality.

Johnson, Kimberly et al (2021) The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 47, (2), pp. 220-228.

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Tracing the affordances of long-acting injectable depot buprenorphine: a qualitative study of patients' experiences in Australia.

Barnett, Anthony et al (2021) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 227. 108959

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Buprenorphine management in the perioperative period: educational review and recommendations from a multisociety expert panel.

Kohan, Lynn et al (2021) Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 46, (10), pp. 840-859

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Selectivity and sensitivity of urine fentanyl test strips to detect fentanyl analogues in illicit drugs.

Bergh, Marianne Skov-Skov et al (2021) International Journal on Drug Policy, 90. 103065

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Refraining from use diminishes cannabis-associated epigenetic changes in human sperm.

Schrott, Rose et al (2021) Environmental Epigenetics, 7, (1), dvab009

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Cannabis regulation: lessons from the illicit tobacco trade.

Gomis, Benoît (2021) London: International Drug Policy Consortium

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Recent cannabis use and myocardial infarction in young adults: a cross-sectional study.

Ladha, Karim S et al (2021) Canadian Medical Association Journal, 193, (35), E1377-E1384

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Global bioethical challenges of medicalising psychedelics.

Miceli McMillan, Ricardo (2021) Journal of Psychedelic Studies, Early online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2021.00188 (In Press)

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Methamphetamine from Afghanistan: signals indicate that Europe should be better prepared.

EMCDDA (2021) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

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Recreational N2O use: just laughing or really bad news?

van Amsterdam, Jan et al (2021) Addiction, doi: 10.1111/add.15652

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Increase in recreational drug use between 2008 and 2018: results from a prospective cohort study among HIV-negative men who have sex with men.

Coyer, Liza et al (2021) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15666

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A new way of working: ending rough sleeping together. Final report.

(2021) London: The Kerslake Commission on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping.

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Good for you, good for us, good for everybody. A plan to reduce overprescribing to make patient care better and safer, support the NHS, and reduce carbon emissions.

(2021) London: Department of Health and Social Care.

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Disparities in stressful life events among children aged 5–17 years: United States, 2019

Ullmann, Heidi et al (2021) Hyattsville, MD: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Addiction audio: Robert West on the Addiction Paper Authoring Tool.

Calder, Robert and West, Robert (2021) London: Society for the Study of Addiction.

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Characteristics of women who stop smoking in pregnancy. Experimental analysis of smoking data from the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) April 2018 to March 2019.

Public Health England (2021) London: Public Health England

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International expert consensus on electronic nicotine delivery systems and heated tobacco products: a Delphi survey.

Berlin, Ivan et al (2021) BMJ Open, 11, (e045724).

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Electronic cigarette and smoking paraphernalia point of sale displays: an observational study in England.

Brocklebank, Laura A et al (2021) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056314

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E-cigarette use and respiratory disorders: an integrative review of converging evidence from epidemiological and laboratory studies.

Wills, Thomas A et al (2021) European Respiratory Journal, 57. 1901815. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01815-2019

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Strategies to improve smoking cessation rates in primary care.

Lindson, Nicola et al (2021) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (9). Art. No.: CD011556. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011556.pub2

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Impact of wagering inducements on the gambling behaviors of on-line gamblers: A longitudinal study based on gambling tracking data.

Balem, Marianne et al (2021) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15665 

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Langer's illusion of control and the cognitive model of disordered gambling.

Clark, Luke and Wohl, Michael JA (2021) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15649

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Excessive and pathological Internet use - risk-behavior or psychopathology?

Kaess, Michael et al (2021) Addictive Behaviors, 123. 107045

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