In this issue
Evidence Resources
Updating your drugs policy to include NPS.
Mentor ADEPSIS. (2017) Updating your drugs policy to include NPS. London: Mentor ADEPSIS. 5 p.
read more »
Researching Social Work practice close up: using ethnographic and mobile methods to understand encounters between social workers, children and families.
Ferguson, Harry . (2017) Researching Social Work practice close up: using ethnographic and mobile methods to understand encounters between social workers, children and families. Oxford. The British Journal of Social Work, 46 (1) 153–68.
read more »
Online policy and practice briefings: Older people with problematic opioid use.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. [EMCDDA] (2017) Online policy and practice briefings: Older people with problematic opioid use. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
read more »
Women who use drugs: Issues, needs, responses, challenges and implications for policy and practice.
Arpa, Sharon [EMCDDA] . (2017) Women who use drugs: Issues, needs, responses, challenges and implications for policy and practice. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 22 p.
read more »
Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees: an overview of the literature relating to drug use and access to services.
Lemmens, Paul and Dupont, Hans and Roosen, Inez [EMCDDA] . (2017) Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees: an overview of the literature relating to drug use and access to services. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 16 p.
read more »
E-health and m-health: using new technologies to respond to drug problems.
Blankers, Matthijs and Mujcic, Ajla [EMCDDA] . (2017) E-health and m-health: using new technologies to respond to drug problems. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 20 p.
read more »
New developments in cannabis regulation.
Kilmer, Beau [EMCDDA] . (2017) New developments in cannabis regulation. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 25 p.
read more »
Applying behavioural insights to drug policy and practice: opportunities and challenges.
Almeida, Sara Rafael and Lourenço, Joana Sousa and Ciriolo, Emanuele [EMCDDA] . (2017) Applying behavioural insights to drug policy and practice: opportunities and challenges. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 20 p.
read more »
User-led interventions: an expanding resource?
Webster, Russell [EMCDDA] . (2017) User-led interventions: an expanding resource? Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 14 p.
read more »
Responding to the needs of ageing drug users.
Johnstone, Lauren and Liddell, David and Browne, Katie and Priyadarshi, Saket [EMCDDA] . (2017) Responding to the needs of ageing drug users. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 14 p.
read more »
Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges.
Brunt, Tibor [EMCDDA] . (2017) Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 21 p.
read more »
Sexual orientation identity and tobacco and hazardous alcohol use: findings from a cross-sectional English population survey.
Shabab, Lion and Brown, Jamie and Hagger-Johnson, Gareth and Michie, Susan and Semlyen, Joanna and West, Robert and Meads, Catherine [BMJ Open] . (2017) Sexual orientation identity and tobacco and hazardous alcohol use: findings from a cross-sectional English population survey. BMJ Open, 7 (10)
read more »
The impact of community-based drug and alcohol treatment on re-offending. Joint experimental statistical report from the Ministry of Justice and Public Health England.
United Kingdom. Ministry of Justice, Public Health England. (2017) The impact of community-based drug and alcohol treatment on re-offending. Joint experimental statistical report from the Ministry of Justice and Public Health England. London: Ministry of Justice and Public Health England. 33 p.
read more »
Joining up sexual health and drug services to better meet client needs.
Bowden-Jones, O [EMCDDA] . (2017) Joining up sexual health and drug services to better meet client needs. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 13 p.
read more »
Recovery, reintegration, abstinence, harm reduction: the role of different goals within the drug treatment in the European context.
Dale-Perera, annette [EMCDDA] . (2017) Recovery, reintegration, abstinence, harm reduction: the role of different goals within the drug treatment in the European context. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 17 p.
read more »
Evidence review summary: drug demand reduction, treatment and harm reduction.
Sumnall, Harry and Bates, Geoff and Jones, Lisa [EMCDDA] . (2017) Evidence review summary: drug demand reduction, treatment and harm reduction. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. 25 p.
read more »
Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review.

Larney, Sarah et al [The Lancet] (2017) Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. Elsevier. The Lancet Global Health, Early online DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30373-X

read more »
Investigating local policy drivers for alcohol harm prevention: a comparative case study of two local authorities in England.
Mooney, John D and Holmes, John and Gavens, Lucy and de Vocht, Frank and Hickman, Matt and Lock, Karen and Brennan, Alan [Biomed Central] . (2017) Investigating local policy drivers for alcohol harm prevention: a comparative case study of two local authorities in England. BioMed Central. BMC Public Health, 17 (1)
read more »
UNODC annual report 2016.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2017) UNODC annual report 2016. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 114 p.
read more »
Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2017) Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 188 p.
read more »
‘My GP says I drink too much’: screening and brief intervention.
Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2017) ‘My GP says I drink too much’: screening and brief intervention. London: Drug and Alcohol Findings. Drug and Alcohol Findings Hot Topic (October-December 2017) 17 p.
read more »
Substance use treatment as part of a ‘wrap-around’ package of care.
Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2017) Substance use treatment as part of a ‘wrap-around’ package of care. London: Drug and Alcohol Findings. Drug and Alcohol Findings Hot Topic (October-December 2017) 3 p.
read more »
Cycle of Change: change promoter or benevolent fiction?
Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2017) Cycle of Change: change promoter or benevolent fiction? London: Drug and Alcohol Findings. Drug and Alcohol Findings Hot Topic (October-December 2017) 4 p.
read more »
Exposure to substance use prevention messages among adolescents. Short report.
Lipari, Rachael N [SAMHSA, US] . (2017) Exposure to substance use prevention messages among adolescents. Short report. SAMHSA. The CBHSQ Report, 3 October 2017 11 p.
read more »
WHO alcohol brief intervention training manual for primary care.
WHO Regional Office for Europe. [WHO] (2017) WHO alcohol brief intervention training manual for primary care. Copenhagan: WHO Regional Office for Europe. 117 p.
read more »
Role of nurses in alcohol and drug treatment services.
Royal College of Nursing, Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse, National Substance Misuse Non-Medical Prescribing Forum, Public Health England. (2017) Role of nurses in alcohol and drug treatment services. London: Public Health England. 32 p.
read more »
Street lottery: cannabis potency and mental health.
North, Paul . (2017) Street lottery: cannabis potency and mental health. London: Volteface.
read more »
“Like sugar for adults” - the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children & families.
Foster, Jon and Bryant, Lucy and Brown, Katherine . (2017) “Like sugar for adults” - the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children & families. London: Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alcohol and Families Alliance, and Alcohol Focus Scotland. 82 p.
read more »
Drug treatment expenditure: a methodological overview, EMCDDA Insights 24.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2017) Drug treatment expenditure: a methodological overview, EMCDDA Insights 24. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
read more »
Talking to your children about new psychoactive substances and club drugs. A handbook for parents and carers.
Mentor, Adfam. (2017) Talking to your children about new psychoactive substances and club drugs. A handbook for parents and carers. London: Mentor and Adfam. 41 p.
read more »
Health Matters: preventing ill health from alcohol and tobacco use.
Public Health England. (2017) Health Matters: preventing ill health from alcohol and tobacco use. London: Public Health England.
read more »
How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer.
Petticrew, Mark and Maani Hessari, Nason and Knai, Cécile and Weiderpass, Elisabete . (2017) How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer. Wiley. Drug and Alcohol Review
read more »
Evaluation of the drugs and alcohol recovery payment by results pilot programme. Final report
Domnall, Michael and Sutton, Matthew . (2017) Evaluation of the drugs and alcohol recovery payment by results pilot programme. Final report. Manchester: The University of Manchester. 164 p.
read more »
Adverse events associated with medium- and long-term use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: an overview of Cochrane Reviews.

Els Charl et al [The Cochrane Library] . (2017) Adverse events associated with medium- and long-term use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: an overview of Cochrane Reviews. London: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (10) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012509.pub2

read more