In this issue
International publications
The impact of economic recessions on the use of illicit drugs: findings from a scoping literature review

European Union Drugs Agency. (2024) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

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Making sense of drug use and dependence—A scoping review of mass media interventions intended to reduce stigma towards people who use drugs

Holland, Adam et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 132. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104543

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Putting tendencies and trajectories to work: useful tools for engaging with accounts of change and recovery?

Oliver, Katrin and Savic, Michael (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 132. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104563

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“Above and beyond”: the key role families play in recovery

(2024) London: Adfam

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A scoping review of costing methodologies used to assess interventions for underserved pregnant people and new parents

Darling, Elizabeth K et al (2024) International Journal for Equity in Health, 23. doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02252-x

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Personality changes related to presence and treatment of substance use (disorders): a systematic review

Juchem, Christina M et al (2024) Psychological Medicine, Early Online. pp. 1-25. doi.org/10.1017/s003329172400093x

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National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times 1 April 2024 to 30 June 2024

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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Pandemic preparedness and homelessness: international lessons from COVID-19.

Schiff, Rebecca et al (2024) Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press

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Nursing interventions in patients with substance use disorders. A systematic review

Lucas-Guerra, Clara et al (2024) Enfermeria Clinica, 34, (4), pp. 271-292. doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcle.2024.07.006

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Exploring a pilot alcohol and other drug (AOD) nurse practitioner mentoring program: Empirical research mixed methods: a pilot nurse practitioner mentoring program

Searby, Adam et al (2024) Nursing Open, 11, (8). doi.org/10.1002/nop2.2250

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Risk and protective factors of youth crime: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Ayano, Getinet et al (2024) Clinical Psychology Review, 113. doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102479

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Interventions to reduce harms related to drug use among people who experience incarceration: systematic review and meta-analysis

Macdonald, Christel et al (2024) The Lancet Public Health, 9, (9), e684-e699. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00160-9

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Global prison trends 2024

Prison Reform International. (2024) London: Penal Reform International and Thailand Institute of Justice

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UNODC Drugs Monitoring Platform Brief on Afghanistan and neighbouring regions: update on patterns and trends in heroin, methamphetamine and opium trafficking from 2020 to 2023, before and after the April 2022 Afghanistan drug ban

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

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Opportunities and limits: exploring young people’s views of staff care in residential alcohol and other drug services

Caluzzi, Gabriel et al (2024) Journal of Youth Studies, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2392192

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Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI): monitoring blood-borne viruses and injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Scotland, 2008–09 to 2022–23.

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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Living with hepatitis

Hepatitis Scotland, NHS Scotland. (2024) Glasgow: Hepatitis Scotland.

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A robust brain network for sustained attention from adolescence to adulthood that predicts later substance use

Weng, Yihe et al (2024) eLife, 13. doi.org/10.7554/elife.97150

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Addictions Edited: the monthly take-home podcast. Series 3, 2024

Calder, Robert (2024) London: Society for the Study of Addiction

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Public policy statement on medical ethics in addiction medicine

(2024) Rockville, MD: American Society of Addiction Medicine

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The ASAM/AAAP clinical practice guideline on the management of stimulant use disorder

Batki, Steven et al (2024) Journal of Addiction Medicine, 18, (1S Suppl 1), pp. 1-56. DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001299

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Detection and quantification of synthetic cannabinoids in seven illicitly sourced disposable vapes submitted by an individual presenting to a UK drug and alcohol service

Craft, Sam et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16671

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Australian drug trends 2024: key findings from the National Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) interviews

Sutherland, Rachel et al (2024) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney

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Comparison of strength and adulteration between illicit drugs obtained from cryptomarkets versus off-line

Coney, Leigh et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16665

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Treatment seeking nitrous oxide users in addiction care: a comparison with cocaine users on clinical and treatment characteristics

Verboeket, Sebastiaan O et al (2024) European Addiction Research, 30, (4), pp. 223-232. doi.org/10.1159/000539860

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Nitazene test strips: a laboratory evaluation

De Vrieze, Liam M et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01078-8

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20-year trends in Australian methamphetamine-related deaths, 2001-2020

Stronach, Oisin et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 131. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104548

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Preventing overdoses involving stimulants: the POINTS study protocol

Hughto, Jaclyn M W et al (2024) BMC Public Health, 24. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19779-x

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Reported non-substance-related mental health disorders among persons who died of drug overdose - United States, 2022

Dinwiddie, Amanda T et al (2024) MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 73, (34), pp. 747-753. /10.15585/mmwr.mm7334a3

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Stop the deaths. We can prevent drug deaths: we just need to know how

(2024) Glasgow: Scottish Drugs Forum

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Ignored inequities: critical analysis of the pre-launch development of British Columbia's "Stop Overdose" campaign

Greto, Tia and Neufeld, Scott D (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 131. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104546

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Early detection and prediction of non-fatal drug-related incidents and fatal overdose outbreaks using the Farrington algorithm

Patton, Thomas et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16674

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“Before medically advised” departure from hospital and subsequent drug overdose: a population-based cohort study

Mayesha Khan, Xiao et al (2024) Canadian Medical Association Journal, 31. doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.240364

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Drug related deaths where gabapentin or pregabalin were mentioned, England and Wales: 2018 to 2022

(2024) London: Office for National Statistics

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Methadone take-home policies and associated mortality: permitting versus non-permitting states

Harris, Rebecca Arden (2024) Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 18. doi.org/10.1177/29768357241272379

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Barriers to calling emergency services amongst people who use substances in the event of overdose: a scoping review

Byles, Hannah et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 132. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104559

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Take-home naloxone administered in emergency settings: feasibility of intervention implementation in a cluster randomized trial

Snooks, Helen A et al (2024) BMC Emergency Medicine, 24, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01061-3

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Effect of oral naloxone on opioid-induced constipation in methadone maintenance treatment patients, a double-blind, placebo-control, clinical trial

Akhgarandouz, Shaghayegh et al (2024) Irish Journal of Medical Science, 193, (4), pp. 1807-1815. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-024-03652-2

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Perceptions of extended-release buprenorphine among people who received medication for opioid use disorder in jail: a qualitative study

Stopka, Thomas J et al (2024) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00486-2

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‘The gear could be cut with fentanyl which is starting to happen more in Australia’: exploring overdose survivors’ perspectives on toxic supply and safe consumption

Piatkowski, Timothy et al (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online, doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2392520

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Special considerations in managing pain and psychosocial distress in patients with opioid use disorder and cancer: the role of the supportive care and psycho-oncology interdisciplinary team

Trimbur, M Catherine et al (2024) Annals of Palliative Medicine, 13, (4), pp. 1076-1089. doi: 10.21037/apm-22-1409

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Cannabis laws and utilization of medications for the treatment of mental health disorders

Bradford, Ashley C et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (9). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.32021

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The association between state cannabis policies and cannabis use among adults and youth, United States, 2002-2019

Pessar, Seema Choksy et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16663

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Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol exposures reported to US poison centers: variations among US states and regions and associations with public policy

Smith, Gary A et al (2024) Journal of Medical Toxicology, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s13181-024-01030-z

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Overshadowing and salience attribution in relation to cannabis use

Dawes, Christopher et al (2024) Schizophrenia research. Cognition, 37. doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2024.100315

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Year-long cannabis use for medical symptoms and brain activation during cognitive processes

Burdinski, Debbie C L et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (9). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.34354

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Supporter views on alcohol sponsorship in Scottish football

Lawther, Steven (2024) Edinburgh: SHAAP

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A systematic review of interventions to enhance initiation of and adherence to treatment for alcohol use disorders

Biswal, Bijayalaxmi et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 263. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112429

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Alcohol free? An analysis of UK and Scottish Government obesity policies' engagement with alcohol 1999-2023

Young, Callum and Hawkins, Benjamin (2024) BMC Public Health, 24, doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19852-5

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Policy position: alcohol and cancer risk

(2024) London: World Cancer Research Fund International.

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Neurodiversity and alcohol

(2024) London: Alcohol Change UK

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Alcohol and menopause

(2024) London: Alcohol Change UK

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Alcohol-specific deaths 2023

(2024) Edinburgh: National Records for Scotland

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Age, period and cohort effects of heavy episodic drinking by sex/gender and socioeconomic position in Canada, 2000-2021

Andreacchi, Alessandra T et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16641

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Treatment engagement in comorbid alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators with service users

Hemrage, Sofia et al (2024) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15427

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Not commissioned: systemic confusion in NHS services for alcohol, pregnancy, & FASD

(2024) Hertfordshire: The National Organisation for FASD

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Effects of a waiting list control design on alcohol consumption among online help-seekers: a randomised controlled trial

Ulfsdotter Gunnarsson, Katarina et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 263. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112409

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Estimating the effect of transitioning to a strength-based alcohol tax system on alcohol consumption and health outcomes: a modelling study of tax reform in England

Morris, Damon et al (2024) The Lancet Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00191-9

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Alcohol (in)justice position on people with an alcohol use disorder in the justice system

(2024) Edinburgh: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems

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An 'alcohol health champions' intervention to reduce alcohol harm in local communities: a mixed-methods evaluation of a natural experiment

Burns, Elizabeth J et al (2024) Public Health Research, 12, (9), pp. 1-135. doi.org/10.3310/HTMN2101

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Killer tactics. How tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink industries hold back public health progress

(2024) London: Alcohol Health Alliance, Action on Smoking and Health and Obesity Health Alliance

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How to stop smoking and stay stopped

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

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What are e-cigarettes?

Malani, Preeti N and Walter, Kristin L (2024) JAMA, 332, (9), 768. 10.1001/jama.2024.14334

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The association between vaping and subsequent initiation of cigarette smoking in young Australians from age 12 to 17 years: a retrospective cohort analysis using cross-sectional recall data from 5114 adolescents

Egger, Sam et al (2024) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Early Online. doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100173

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Effects of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2021 to 2023 reviews

Livingstone-Banks, Jonathan et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16624

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A systematic literature review on the composition, health impacts, and regulatory dynamics of vaping

Ghuman, Annayat et al (2024) Cureus, 16, (8). doi.org/10.7759/cureus.66068

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Impact of gambling on the internet on middle-term and long-term recovery from gambling disorder: a 2-year longitudinal study

Challet-Bouju, Gaëlle et al (2024) Journal of Gambling Studies, Early Online. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39254777/

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The expansion of gambling across the Americas poses risks to mental health and wellbeing

Ukhova, Daria et al (2024) Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 37. doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2024.100855

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