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International publications
European drug report 2021: trends and developments.

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

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New benzodiazepines in Europe – a review.

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

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Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges.

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

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EMCDDA statistical bulletin 2021.

EMCDDA (2021) 

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EU Drugs action plan 2021-2025.

(2021) Brussels: Council of the European Union

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World drug report 2021.

(2021) Vienna: UNODC.

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Drugs: policy and aims - a manifesto for Scotland.

(2021) Glasgow: Scottish Drugs Forum.

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A comprehensive review of prioritised interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of persons with lived experience of homelessness.

Moledina A et al (2021) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 17, (2), e1154. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1154. 

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HIV and people who use drugs.

UNAIDS (2021) Geneva: UNAIDS.

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Quality in drug use disorder treatment [Video]

Dale-Perera, Annette (2021) UNODC.

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Reading around: Screening and assessment. Goodair, Christine

(2021) Society for the Study of Addiction

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Child, youth and family (CYF) database.

Centre for Effective Services (2021) 

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From invisibility to influence: the evolution of participation of people who use drugs in the Global Fund.

France F and Matthews M (2021) London: INPUD.

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Whys and what ifs: writing and anxiety reduction in individuals bereaved by addiction.

Thatcher C (2021) Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

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People who use drugs and mental health.

Harm Reduction International, INPUD (2021) London: Harm Reduction International.

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Stigma of Addiction Summit innovation abstract compendium.

National Academy of Medicine et al (2021) National Academy of Medicine.

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UHC issues for young people who use drugs and other young inadequately served populations.

Kehinde O and Itoro Effiong, E (2021) Youth RISE.

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Adolescent mental health evidence brief 2: the relationship between emotional and behavioural problems in adolescence and adult outcomes.

Clarke A and Lovewell K (2021) London: Early Intervention Foundation.

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Evaluation of the Early Years Transformation Academy.

Lewis J and LaValle I (2021) London: Centre for Evidence and Implementation.

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“Help impossible to ignore”. A guide to ensure shelter, psychosocial and legal services for women who use drugs and experience violence.

. Korniienko H; EHRA. (2021) Vilnius: Eurasian Harm Reduction Association.

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Global progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2021. Accountability for the global health sector strategies 2016–2021: actions for impact.

(2021) Geneva: World Health Organization.

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Ask the family! Family perspectives on whole family support and family inclusive practice.

Family Engagement Project Partners (2021) Glasgow: Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs

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Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on the price distribution of off-trade alcohol in Scotland.

Ferguson et al (2021) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

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Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing among people who are alcohol dependent and accessing treatment services: Interim report: Structured interview data.

Buykx P et al (2021) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

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Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS): monitoring report 2021.

(2021) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

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Global alcohol action plan 2022-2030 to strengthen implementation of the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. First draft.

(2021) Geneva: World Health Organization.

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Studying individual-level factors relating to changes in alcohol and other drug use, and seeking treatment following Minimum Unit Pricing implementation.

McCann M et al (2020) London: Alcohol Change UK.

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The role of alcohol in the link between national football (soccer) tournaments and domestic abuse - Evidence from England.

Trendl A et al (2021) Social Science & Medicine, 268, p. 113457.

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Estimating the burden of alcohol on ambulance callouts through development and validation of an algorithm using electronic patient records.

Manca F et al (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (12), p. 6363.

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Rapid literature review on the impact of health messaging and product information on alcohol labelling.

Dimova E and Mitchell D (2021) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online.

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‘Dangerous data’: drinking after dependence.

(2021) Drug and Alcohol Findings Hot Topic.

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A content analysis and population exposure estimate of Guinness branded alcohol marketing during the 2019 Guinness Six Nations.

Barker AB et al (2021) Alcohol and Alcoholism, Early online.

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Coronary heart disease in mothers and fathers of adult children with alcohol use disorders.

Calling S et al (2021) Addiction, Early online. (In Press)

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Fact sheet on a SAFER WHO European Region: developments in alcohol control policies, 2010-2019.

(2021) Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.

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A feasibility study of Moving on in My Recovery: an acceptance-based group programme for people in recovery from substance addiction.

Hogan LM et al (2021) London: Alcohol Change UK.

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‘It’s not 9 to 5 recovery’: the role of a recovery community in producing social bonds that support recovery.

Anderson M et al (2021) Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, Early online.

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Understanding the stigma and feasibility of opening a safe injection facility in Baltimore City: a qualitative case study.

Dupree T et al (2021) The Qualitative Report, 26, (6), pp. 1911-1931.

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A randomised, double-blind study investigating the relationship between early childhood trauma and the rewarding effects of morphine.

Carlyle M et al (2021) Addiction Biology, e13047.

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Reorganization of substance use treatment and harm reduction services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global survey.

Radfar, SR et al (2021) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, p.639393.

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Addiction audio: Cannabis, schizophrenia and genetics [Audio].

Johnson E (2021) London: Society for the Study of Addiction.

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Residual effects of cannabis-use on neuropsychological functioning.

Kristin Wendel et al (2021) Cognitive Development, 59, p. 101072.

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Associations of suicidality trends with cannabis use as a function of sex and depression status.

Han B et al (2021) JAMA Network Open, 4, (6), e2113025.

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The potential impacts of community drug checking within the overdose crisis: qualitative study exploring the perspective of prospective service users.

Wallace B et al (2021) BMC Public Health, 21, (1), p. 1156.

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Maternal, fetal, and child outcomes of mental health treatments in women: a systematic review of perinatal pharmacologic interventions.

Viswanathan M et al (2021) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 

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Mental health, substance use, and wellbeing in higher education: supporting the whole student.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2021) Washington DC: The National Academies Press.

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Cognitive–behavioural therapy for a variety of conditions: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis.

Fordham B et al (2021) Southampton: NIHR Journals Library.

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of take-home naloxone (THN) ownership and carriage.

Burton G et al (2021) International Journal of Drug Policy, Early online.

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Khat and neurobehavioral functions: a systematic review.

Ahmed A et al (2021) PLoS ONE, 16, (6), e0252900.

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Drug-involved infant deaths in the United States, 2015–2017.

Ely D et al (2021) Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.

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Recreational ketamine-related deaths notified to the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths, England, 1997-2019.

Corkery J Martin et al (2021) Journal of Psychopharmacology, p. 2698811211021588.

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Public health policies on psychoactive substance use: a manual for health planners.

(2021) Washington DC: Pan American Health Organization.

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Competencies for Canada’s substance use workforce video series [Video].

(2021) Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

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Association of new perioperative benzodiazepine use with persistent benzodiazepine use.

Wright JD et al (2021) JAMA Network Open, 4, (6), e2112478.

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Prison-based therapeutic communities (TCs): a handbook for prison administrators, treatment professionals and trainers.

Yates R et al (2021) Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

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The harms of incarceration: The evidence base and human rights framework for decarceration and harm reduction in prisons.

(2021) London: Harm Reduction International.

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Drug cryptomarkets in the 2020s: policy, enforcement, harm, and resilience.

Horton-Eddison M et al (2021) Swansea: Global Drug Policy Observatory.

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Global prison trends 2021 report.

(2021) London: Penal Reform International and Thailand Institute of Justice.

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Supporting evidence-use in policy and practice: reflections for the What Works Network.

Waddell, Stephanie (2021) London: Early Intervention Foundation.

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Improving the utility of evidence synthesis for decision makers in the face of insufficient evidence.

Murad, M Hassan et al (2021) Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Early online.

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General report of activities 2020 – key achievements and governance: a year in review.

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

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Summary results of the global youth tobacco survey in selected countries of the WHO European Region.

(2021) Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

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WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation. Report on the scientific basis of tobacco product regulation: eighth report of a WHO study group.

WHO study group on tobacco product regulation (2021) Geneva: WHO

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Litigation relevant to regulation of novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products: comparison across jurisdictions.

(2021) Geneva: World Health Organization.

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Quitting toolkit.

(2021) Geneva: World Health Organization

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