In this issue
International publications
EU drug market: methamphetamine — in-depth analysis.

EMCDDA, Europol. (2022)

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EU drug market: cocaine — in-depth analysis

EMCDDA, Europol. (2022) 

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2022 drug trend report: time, music, clubbing, age, and diet.

(2022) London: Global Drug Survey

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Diving into the deep end: a scoping review on taking the plunge

Butler, Daniel et al (2022) BJGP Open, doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0230

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Substance use among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

Layman, Hannah M et al (2022) Current Psychiatry Reports, doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01338-z

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A systematic literature review of patient perspectives of barriers and facilitators to access, adherence, stigma, and persistence to treatment for substance use disorder.

Cernasev, Alina et al (2021) Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100029

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EMCDDA webinar: Workplaces and drugs – issues and challenges for the future.

(2022) EMCDDA.

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Civil society monitoring of harm reduction in Europe 2021. Data report.

Rigoni, Rafaela et al (2022) Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network

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The importance of PEOPLE who use drugs within drug policy reform debates: findings from the UK Drug Policy Voices online survey.

Askew, Rebecca et al (2022) International Journal of Drug Policy, 105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103711

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Drug misuse prevention review

(2022) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

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Adult/child ratio and group size in early childhood education or care to promote the development of children aged 0–5 years

Dalgaard, Nina T et al (2022) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18, (2).

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Understandings of acupuncture application and mechanisms

Lin, Jaung-Geng et al (2022) American Journal of Translational Research, 14, (3), pp. 1469-1481.

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Prevention of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (2022) Brussels: European Commission.

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Harm reduction calls to action from young people who use drugs on the streets of Vancouver and Lisbon

Canêdo, Joana et al (2022) Harm Reduction Journal, 19. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00607-7

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Inflammatory markers in substance use and mood disorders: a neuroimaging perspective.

Agarwal, Khushbu et al (2022) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.863734

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Substance use disorder in older adults: mini review

Jaqua, Ecler Ercole et al (2022) Addiction & Health, 14, (1), pp. 62-67. doi: 10.22122/ahj.v14i1.1311

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Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers

Baginsky, Mary (2022) Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173221101244 

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Digital health interventions for delivery of mental health care: systematic and comprehensive meta-review.

Philippe, Tristan J et al (2022) JMIR Mental Health, 9, (5).

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Psychiatric comorbidities of substance use disorders: does dual diagnosis predict inpatient detoxification treatment outcomes.

Davis, Adrian et al (2022) International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00821-1

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Current trends and perspectives in the immune therapy for substance use disorders.

Vasiliu, Octavian (2022) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.882491

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Peer recovery support services in correctional settings.

McCrary, Helen et al (2022) Washington D.C.: Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice

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Factors associated with perceived decline in the quality of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from community-recruited cohorts of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

McAdam, Erica et al (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 236. 109471

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The United Kingdom's first unsanctioned overdose prevention site; a proof-of-concept evaluation.

Shorter, Gillian W et al (2022) International Journal of Drug Policy, 104

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Increased risk of death immediately after discharge from compulsory care for substance abuse.

Ledberg, Anders and Reitan, Therese (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109492

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How do naloxone-based interventions work to reduce overdose deaths: a realist review.

Miller, Nicole M et al (2022) Harm Reduction Journal, 19. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00599-4

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Providing emergency help to someone having an overdose: your experiences.

(2022) Glasgow: Scottish Drugs Forum.

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Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: the role of injection-related tissue damage.

Hrycko, Alexander et al (2022) Harm Reduction Journal, 19. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00624-6

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The characteristics of people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom: changes in age, duration, and incidence of injecting, 1980-2019, using evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys.

Lewer, Dan et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15911

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Mortality among people with substance use disorders: a toolkit for classifying major causes of death.

Santo, Thomas et al (2022) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centr

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Real-world effectiveness of pharmacological treatments of opioid use disorder in a national cohort.

Heikkinen, Milja et al (2022) Addiction, 117, (6), pp. 1683-1691.

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Comparative effectiveness associated with buprenorphine and naltrexone in opioid use disorder and cooccurring polysubstance use.

Xu, Kevin Y et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (5).

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Analysis of stimulant prescriptions and drug-related poisoning risk among persons receiving buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder.

Mintz, Carrie M et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (5).

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Traumatic stress-induced vulnerability to addiction: critical role of the dynorphin/kappa opioid receptor system.

Leconte, Claire et al (2022) Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.856672

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Regulating the oxides of nitrogen – popping the myths.

Ferreiria, Plinio M and Nutt, David (2022) Drug Science, Policy and Law, 8, (1).

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Global SMART update volume 26. Afghanistan’s ‘tablet K’ – a forensic insight into an emerging synthetic drug market.

(2022) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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Anabolic androgenic steroid use population size estimation: a first stage study utilising a Delphi exercise.

Hope, Vivian D et al (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2070058

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The International Cannabis Toolkit (iCannToolkit): a multidisciplinary expert consensus on minimum standards for measuring cannabis use.

Lorenzetti, Valentina et al (2022) Addiction, 117, (6), pp. 1510-1517.

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Prevalence of cannabis use among tobacco smokers: a systematic review protocol.

Skelton, Eliza et al (2022) BMJ Open, 12, (5).

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Cannabis use: understanding other illicit drug use, drug-related morbidity and dependence.

PhD thesis, Rabiee, Rynaz (2022) Karolinska Institutet.

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A network approach to relationships between cannabis use characteristics and psychopathology in the general population.

Betz, Linda T et al (2022) Scientific Reports, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11092-0

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Clearing the smoke on cannabis: cannabis use during pregnancy and breastfeeding, an update.

Renard, Justine and Konefal, Sarah (2022) Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

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Cannabis vaping among youth and young adults: a scoping review.

Harrell, Melissa B et al (2022) Current Addiction Reports, pp. 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s40429-022-00413-y

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Indeterminacy of cannabis impairment and ∆-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆-THC) levels in blood and breath.

Wurz, Gregory T and DeGregorio, Michael W (2022) Scientific Reports, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11481-5  

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The phytochemical diversity of commercial cannabis in the United States.

Smith, Christiana J et al (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (5).

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The effectiveness and safety of medical cannabis for treating cancer related symptoms in oncology patients

Aviram, Joshua et al (2022) Frontiers in Pain Research, 3. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.861037

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Bayesian causal network modeling suggests adolescent cannabis use accelerates prefrontal cortical thinning

Owens, Max M et al (2022) Translational Psychiatry, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-01956-4

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Patterns of cannabis and alcohol co-use: substitution versus complementary effects.

Gunn, Rachel L et al (2022) Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 42, (1), 04

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Age-based differences in quantity and frequency of consumption when screening for harmful alcohol use.

Callinan, Sarah et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15904

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Online alcohol sales & deliveries: a survey of young people in Scotland

(2022) Glasgow: Alcohol Focus Scotland

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Incidence and progression of alcohol-associated liver disease after medical therapy for alcohol use disorder

Vannier, Augustin G L et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (5).

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Reducing the harm from alcohol – by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion: a technical report.

(2022) Geneva: World Health Organization

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Global comparisons of responses to alcohol health information labels: a cross sectional study of people who drink alcohol from 29 countries

Davies, Emma L et al (2022) Addictive Behaviors, 131, 107330.

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The public health playbook: ideas for challenging the corporate playbook.

Lacy-Nichols, Jennifer et al (2022) The Lancet Global Health, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00185-1

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Characteristics of alcohol recovery narratives: systematic review and narrative synthesis

Subhani, Mohsan et al (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (5).

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Stability and change in the interpretation of facial emotions in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders from childhood to adolescence.

Lindinger, NM et al (2022) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.14851

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Personality traits and alcohol consumption: secondary analysis of the Self-Match Study.

Hell, Morten Ellegaard et al (2022) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.14841

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Alcohol use and suicide fact sheet.

(2022) Ottawa: Mental Health Commission of Canada

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Alcohol and the adolescent brain: what we've learned and where the data are taking us.

Tapert, Susan F and Eberson-Shumate, Sonja (2022) Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 42, (1), 07.

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Alcohol policy measures are an ignored catalyst for achievement of the sustainable development goals.

Sperkova, Kristina and Anderson, Peter and Llopis, Eva Jané (2022) PLoS ONE, 17, (5).

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Magazines as contradictory spaces for alcohol messaging: a mixed method content and thematic analysis of UK women’s magazine representations of alcohol and its consumption

Atkinson, A M et al (2022) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2051436

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Fathers' alcohol consumption and risk of substance-related disorders in offspring.

Thor, Siri et al (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 233. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022

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The impact of lower strength alcohol products on alcohol purchases: ARIMA analyses based on 4 million purchases by 69 803 households, 2015-2019.

Anderson, Peter et al (2022) Journal of Public Health, doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac052

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The alcohol industry, the tobacco industry, and excise taxes in the US 1986–89: new insights from the tobacco documents.

Lesch, Matthew and McCambridge, Jim (2022) BMC Public Health, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13267-w

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Exposure to tobacco, alcohol and 'Junk food' content in reality TV programmes broadcast in the UK between August 2019-2020.

Barker, Alexander B et al (2022) Journal of Public Health, doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac046

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Tobacco use in prisons.

(2022) Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

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Smoking prevalence following the announcement of tobacco tax increases in England between 2007 and 2019: an interrupted time-series analysis.

Beard, Emma et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15898

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A systematic review of behavioural smoking cessation interventions for people with severe mental ill health-what works?

Spanakis, Panagiotis et al (2022) Addiction, 117, (6), pp. 1526-1542. doi: 10.1111/add.15724

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Effects of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2019 and 2020 reviews.

Livingstone-Banks, Jonathan et al (2022) Addiction, 117, (6), pp. 1526-1542. doi: 10.1111/add.15769

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Evaluating the outcomes of the menthol cigarette ban in England by comparing menthol cigarette smoking among youth in England, Canada, and the US, 2018-2020

East, Katherine A et al (2022) JAMA Network Open, 5, (5). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10029

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Impact of e-cigarette retail displays on attitudes to smoking and vaping in children: an online experimental study.

Blackwell, Anna K M et al (2022) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056980

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E-cigarette use and risk of cardiovascular disease: a longitudinal analysis of the PATH study, 2013-2019

Berlowitz, Jonathan B et al (2022) Circulation, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057369

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Association between the implementation of tobacco control policies and adolescent vaping in 44 lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries.

Chan, Gary C K et al (2022) Addiction, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15892

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Can slogans prevent gambling harm?

Rintoul, Angela (2022) The Lancet Public Health, 7, (5), e394-e395.

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