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International publications
Drug policy evaluation in Europe — topic overview

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2023)

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Engaging youth as leaders and partners can improve substance use prevention: a call to action to support youth engagement practice and research

Ballard, Parissa J et al (2023) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18. doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00582-7

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Family-focused universal substance use prevention in primary care: advancing a pragmatic national healthcare agenda.

Hogue, et al (2023) Prevention Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01584-4

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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between exposure to parental substance use and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children

Maher, Brion S et al (2023) Prevention Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01605-2

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Parents with substance use problems: learning from case reviews

(2023) London: NSPCC Learning

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"It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board": a qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland

Falzon, Danilo et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (12). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292812

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A rapid review of current engagement strategies with people who use drugs in monitoring and reporting on substance use-related harms

Perri, Melissa et al (2023) Harm Reduction Journal, 20. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00902-x

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Harm reduction strategies in acute care for people who use alcohol and/or drugs: a scoping review

Crowther, Daniel et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (12). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294804

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An on-line school-based substance use harm reduction programme: the Illicit Project randomized controlled trial results

Debenham, Jennifer et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16403

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Drug consumption rooms. Technical report

EMCDDA, Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network. (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 

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Migrants and drugs: health and social responses

(2023) Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

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Assessing the risk of COVID-19 reinfection and severe outcomes among individuals with substance use disorders: a retrospective study using real-world electronic health records

Tuan, Wen-Jan et al (2023) BMJ Open, 13, (12). doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074993

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Advisory: low barrier models of care for substance use disorders

(2023) Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders

Guidelines Review Committee, Mental Health and Substance Use. (2023) Geneva: World Health Organization

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Help-seeking for risky alcohol and drug use

(2023) Melbourne: Alcohol and Drug Foundation

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Adverse health outcomes among people who inject drugs who engaged in recent sex work: findings from a national survey

Emanuel, E et al (2023) Public Health, 225. pp. 79-86. doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.09.024

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HIV among people who inject drugs: data factsheet

(2023) Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

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Let communities lead — UNAIDS World AIDS Day report 2023

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. (2023) Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

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Frame shift: focusing on harm reduction and shared decision making for people who use drugs hospitalized with infections

Thakarar, Kinna et al (2023) Clinical Infectious Diseases, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad664

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Epidemiology of acute infections in people who inject drugs in Australia

Attwood, Lucy O et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi: 10.1111/dar.13772

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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: an insight over impact of maternal substance use

Dumbhare, Omkar and Taksande, Amar (2023) Cureus, 15, (10). doi: 10.7759/cureus.47980

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Drug misuse in England and Wales

Office for National Statistics. (2023) ONS website

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Adult substance misuse treatment statistics 2022 to 2023: report

(2023) London: Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

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Relational practice in health, education, criminal justice, and social care: a scoping review

Lamph, Gary et al (2023) Systematic Reviews, 12. doi: 10.1186/s13643-023-02344-9

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Roads to recovery: exploring UK prison rehabilitation and its alternatives

Shepherd, Jake and O'Regan, Niamh (2023) London: Social Market Foundation

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Strategies to support substance use disorder care transitions from acute-care to community-based settings: a scoping review and typology

Krawczyk, Noa et al (2023) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 18. doi: 10.1186/s13722-023-00422-w

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Optimizing digital tools for the field of substance use and substance use disorders: backcasting exercise

Scheibein, Florian et al (2023) JMIR Human Factors, 10. doi.org/10.2196/46678

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Crime-related illicit financial flows: latest progress

(2023) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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The relationship between cryptomarket drug purchase, social networks and adverse drug events: a cross-sectional study

Coney, Leigh et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, 123. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104258

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Off track: shadow report for the mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on drugs

Nougier, Marie and Cots Fernández, Adria (2023) London: International Drug Policy Consortium

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Health disparities in one of the world's most progressive countries: a scoping review of mental health and substance use among sexual and gender minority people in the Netherlands

Hughes, Tonda L et al (2023) BMC Public Health, 23. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17466-x

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Coming of age in recovery: The prevalence and correlates of substance use recovery status among adolescents and emerging adults

Smith, Douglas C et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (12). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295330

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Responding to nitazenes in the UK drugs market

Holland, Adam and Copeland, Caroline (2023) Transform blog

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Cannabinoid – NPS Discovery new drug monograph

(2023) United States: Center for Forensic Science Research & Education

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Nitrous oxide abuse: clinical outcomes, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and impact on metabolism

Gernez, Emeline et al (2023) Toxics, 11, (12), 962. doi.org/10.3390/toxics11120962

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Benzodiazepine discontinuation and mortality among patients receiving long-term benzodiazepine therapy

Maust, Donovan T et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (12). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.48557

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Increased risk of non-fatal overdose associated with non-prescribed benzodiazepine use in Scotland, UK

McAuley, A et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104236

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N-Desethyl Etonitazene – NPS Discovery new drug monograph

Krotulski, Alex J et al (2023) United States: Center for Forensic Science Research & Education

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IUPHAR-review: the integration of classic psychedelics into current substance use disorder treatment models

Yaden, David B et al (2023) Pharmacological Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106998

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Adverse childhood experiences and all-cause mortality risk in adulthood

D'Arcy-Bewick, Sinéad et al (2023) Child Abuse & Neglect, 144. doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106386

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Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2022 registrations

Breen, Paul and Smith, Rebecca (2023) London: Office of National Statistics

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Drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals

Santamarina, R et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, 123. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104274

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Mortality from leading cancers in districts of England from 2002 to 2019

Rashid, Theo et al (2023) The Lancet Oncology, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00530-2

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Fentanyl and the ‘fourth wave’ of the opioid epidemic

Friedman, Joseph and Shover, Chelsea L (2023) SSA Blog

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A novel syndrome associated with prenatal fentanyl exposure

Wadman, Erin et al (2023) Genetics in Medicine Open, 1, (1). doi.org/10.1016/j.gimo.2023.100834

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Editorial. Opioid problems are changing in Europe with worrying signals that synthetic opioids may play a more significant role in the future

Griffiths, Paul N et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16420

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Association of globalization with the burden of opioid use disorders 2019. A country-level analysis using targeted maximum likelihood estimation

Barbalat, Guillaume et al (2023) Globalization and Health, 19, 76. doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00980-3

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Conceptualising retention in treatment with long-acting injectable buprenorphine (for opioid use disorder) as a journey: findings from a longitudinal qualitative study

Parkin, Stephen et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, 122. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104221

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Trends in use of medicines for opioid agonist treatment in Australia, 2013-2022

Bharat, Chrianna et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, 123doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104255

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Health-care resource use among patients who use illicit opioids in England, 2010-20: a descriptive matched cohort study

van Hest, Naomi et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16401

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Editorial: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in heroin users: an underappreciated issue with clinical ramifications

Darke, Shane et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16407

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Southeast Asia opium survey 2023: cultivation, production, and implications

Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (2023) Thailand: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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Clinical question: For adults with opioid‐refractory cancer pain, what are the benefits and harms of nabiximols (tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD))?

Tort, Sera and Husein-ElAhmed, Husein (2023) Cochrane Clinical Answers, doi.org/10.1002/cca.4366

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CPME Policy on adverse health effects of cannabis

Standing Committee of European Doctors (2023) Brussels: CPME

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Prenatal alcohol exposure and early-life adversity: a translational perspective for dissecting compounding impacts

Holman, Parker J and Raineki, Charlis (2023) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47, (12), pp. 2227-2230. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15212

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Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and clinical management of alcohol-related physical complications

National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions. (2023) London: NICE.

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Under the influence: system-level effects of alcohol industry-funded health information organizations

Maani, Nason et al (2023) Health Promotion International, 38, (6). doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad167

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Changes in alcohol-specific mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 14 European countries

Kilian, Carolin et al (2023) SUCHT, 69, (6), pp. 285-293. doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000841

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The selection of statistical models for reporting count outcomes and intervention effects in brief alcohol intervention trials: a review and recommendations

Tan, Lin et al (2023) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15232

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Evaluation outcomes of a Western Australian campaign designed to reduce alcohol use in pregnancy

Pettigrew, Simone et al (2023) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100102

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Binge-pattern alcohol consumption and genetic risk as determinants of alcohol-related liver disease

Ding, Chengyi et al (2023) Nature Communications, 14. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43064-x

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Language bank: talking about inequalities in alcohol use and harm

(2023) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies

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Filling in the gaps. A guide to supporting people experiencing co-occurring alcohol use and self-harm issues

Booker, Lauren and Misell, Andrew (2023) London: Alcohol Change UK

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WHO technical manual on alcohol tax policy and administration

(2023) Geneva: World Health Organization

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Disentangling the contributions of alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease towards dementia: a population-based cohort study

Zhao, Sixian et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16395

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Global report on the use of alcohol taxes

(2023) Geneva: World Health Organization

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Early closing of hotels: Impacts on alcohol consumption, drunkenness, liver disease and injury mortality

Dunt, David R et al(2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online, doi.org/10.1111/dar.13780

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Socio-economic inequalities in smoking and drinking in adolescence: assessment of social network dynamics

Radó, Márta K et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16384

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The Netherlands tobacco industry interference index

Garritsen, Heike et al (2023) Utrecht: Trimbos Instituut

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Why and how should children be protected from the deluge of vaping related media and marketing overexposure?

White, David et al (2023) Breathe, 19, (4). doi: 10.1183/20734735.0141-2023

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Global tobacco industry interference index 2023

Assunta, Mary (2023) Bangkok, Thailand: Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control

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Effectiveness of culturally tailoring smoking cessation interventions for reducing or quitting combustible tobacco: a systematic review and meta-analyses

Leinberger-Jabari, Andrea et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16400

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Associations between heavy episodic drinking, drinking while gambling, and risky gambling

Smit, Koen et al (2023) Journal of Gambling Studies, 39, (4), pp. 1597-1610. doi.org/10.1007/s10899-023-10235-w

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Gambling treatment need and support in England: main findings and methodology

(2023) Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

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Psychological intervention for gambling disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Eriksen, Jakob W et al (2023) Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12, (3), pp. 613-630. doi: 10.1556/2006.2023.00034

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