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The associations of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with substance use in young adults: a systematic review

Sebalo, Ivan et al (2023) Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 17. doi.org/10.1177/11782218231193914

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Personal recovery for special populations: a qualitative study exploring the role of special interest meetings within 12-step fellowships

Harris, Frankco (2024) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 19. doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00575-6

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Guide to creating trauma and adverse childhood experiences (TrACE) success indicators

ACE Hub Wales (2024) Cardiff: Public Health Wales NHS Trust

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Stigmatizing imagery for substance use disorders: a qualitative exploration

Hulsey, Jessica et al (2023) Health & Justice, 11. doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00229-6

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Planning and implementing community-based drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration using the consolidated framework for implementation research

Falzon, Danilo et al (2024) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00590-7

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Exploring the impact of housing insecurity on the health and well-being of children and young people: a systematic review

Hock, Emma et al (2023) Public Health Research, 11, (13). doi.org/10.3310/TWWL4501

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National mission on drugs: annual monitoring report 2022-2023

(2023) Edinburgh: Scottish Government

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A systematic scoping review of peer support interventions in integrated primary youth mental health care

Murphy, Rachel et al (2024) Journal of Community Psychology, 52, (1), pp. 154-180, doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23090

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The National Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services workforce report: England workforce data (2022-23).

NHS Benchmarking Network (2023) London: NHS England

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Community pharmacy: delivering substance misuse services

College of Mental Health Pharmacy. (2024) London: Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

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Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) survey of HIV and viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs (PWID): 2023 report

(2024) London: UK Health Security Agency

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Evaluating the aspects of quality of life in individuals with substance use disorder: a systematic review based on the WHOQOL questionnaire

Bratu, Melania Lavinia et al (2023) Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 16. pp. 4265-4278. doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S440764

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International guidelines for the prevention of sexual violence: a systematic review and perspective of WHO, UN Women, UNESCO, and UNICEF's publications

Miele, Cécile et al (2023) Child Abuse & Neglect, 146. doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106497

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Identifying and treating incarcerated women experiencing substance use disorders: a review

Staton, Michele et al (2023) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 14. pp. 131-145. doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S409944

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A comprehensive literature review of digital health interventions in the treatment of substance use disorder with special focus on mobile applications

Jordan, Harrison R et al (2023) Cureus, 15, (10). doi: 10.7759/cureus.47639

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National Poisons Information Service report 2022 to 2023

National Poisons Information Service. (2023) London: UK Health Security Agency

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Xylazine in overdose deaths and forensic drug reports in US States, 2019-2022

Cano, Manuel et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50630 

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Nitazenes-heralding a second wave for the UK drug-related death crisis?

Holland, Adam et al (2024) The Lancet. Public health, Early online doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00001-X

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Mortality among people who inject drugs - the interwoven roles of fentanyl and HIV: a community-based cohort study

Salekešin, Maris et al (2023) European Journal of Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad204

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EU drug market: Heroin and other opioids — in-depth analysis

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Europol. (2024)

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EMCDDA-Europol launch webinar: EU drug markets – heroin and other opioids

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Europol. (2024)

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Women and treatment for opioid use disorder: contributors to treatment success from the perspectives of women in recovery, women with past attempts in drug treatment, and health and criminal justice professionals

Skogseth, Emma M et al (2024) Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 18. doi.org/10.1177/11782218231222339

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Development of prescribing indicators related to opioid-related harm in patients with chronic pain in primary care-a modified e-Delphi study

Bansal, Neetu et al (2024) BMC Medicine, 22. doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03213-x

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Peer-to-peer distribution of naloxone. Technical briefing

(2023) EuroNPUD 

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Opioid agonist treatment in transition: a cross-country comparison between Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Schwarz, Tanja et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 254. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111036

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Receipt of opioid use disorder treatments prior to fatal overdoses and comparison to no treatment in Connecticut, 2016-17

Heimer, Robert et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 254. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111040

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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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Pathways to opioid use and implications for prevention: voices of young adults in recovery

Ballard, Parissa J et al (2024) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00584-5

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Across the spectrum of legality: the market activities of influencers specialized in steroids and other performance and image enhancing drugs

Paoli, Letizia and Joseph Cox, Luke Thomas (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, 123. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104246

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Safe inhalation pipe provision (SIPP): protocol for a mixed-method evaluation of an intervention to improve health outcomes and service engagement among people who use crack cocaine in England

Harris, Magdalena et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21, 19. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00938-7

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Cannabis for chronic pain: cardiovascular safety in a nationwide Danish study

Holt, Anders et al (2024) European Heart Journal, doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad834

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Cannabis use in the UK: a quantitative comparison of individual differences in medical and recreational cannabis users

Ciesluk, Beata et al (2024) Frontiers in Psychology, Early online. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1279123

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A systematic review of evidence on integrated management of psychiatric disorders in youth who use cannabis

Vidal, Carol et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 10. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100216

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From subcultural to mainstream? The evolving meaning of cannabis use among youth in a restrictive policy context

Dahl, Silje Louise et al (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2299368

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Recreational and medical cannabis legalization and opioid prescriptions and mortality

Nguyen, Hai V et al (2024) JAMA Health Forum, 5, (1). 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4897

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Cannabis and driving in older adults

Di Ciano, Patricia et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (1). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.52233

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The impact of cannabis on non-medical opioid use among individuals receiving pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

Costa, Gabriel P A et al (2024) The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2023.2287406

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The IARC perspective on alcohol reduction or cessation and cancer risk

Gapstur, Susan M et al (2023) New England journal of Medicine, 389, (26), pp. 2486-2494. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr2306723

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Restricting alcohol marketing to reduce alcohol consumption: a systematic review of the empirical evidence for one of the 'best buys'

Manthey, Jakob et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16411

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Impact on wine sales of removing the largest serving size by the glass: an A-B-A reversal trial in 21 pubs, bars, and restaurants in England

Mantzari, Eleni et al (2024) Medicine, 21, (1), e1004313. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004313

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Dispelling six industry myths about alcohol taxation

Roberts, Jem (2024) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies

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Distributions of alcohol use and alcohol-caused death and disability in Canada: defining alcohol harm density functions and new perspectives on the prevention paradox

Sherk, Adam et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16414

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The symbolic consumption processes associated with 'low-calorie' and 'low-sugar' alcohol products and Australian women

Pitt, Hannah et al (2023) Health Promotion International, 38, (6). doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad184

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Which parents provide zero-alcohol beverages to adolescents? A survey of Australian parents' practices and intentions

Bartram, Ashlea et al (2023) Preventive Medicine, 179. doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107840

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No- and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: monitoring report

Holmes, John et al (2024) Sheffield: University of Sheffield

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Neurobiology and the treatment of alcohol use disorder: a review of the evidence base

Donato, Suzanna and Ray, Lara A (2023) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 14. pp. 157-166. doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S409943

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Frequency of epilepsy and pathological EEG findings in a Norwegian sample of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Impact on cognition and adaptive functioning

Gerstner, Thorsten et al (2023) Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15247

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Using ecological momentary assessments to understand how drinking during special occasions relates to parenting behaviors

Freisthler, Bridget et al (2023) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47, (12), pp. 2343-2353. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15206

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In utero exposure to alcohol and tobacco and electroencephalogram power during childhood

Pini, Nicolò et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50528

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Consumption of energy drinks by children and young people: a systematic review examining evidence of physical effects and consumer attitudes

Ajibo, C et al (2023) Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.08.024

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WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2030

(2024) Geneva: World Health Organization.

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Tobacco companies' exploitation of loopholes in the EU ban on menthol cigarettes: a case study from Denmark

Brink, Anne-Line et al (2023) Tobacco Control, 32, (6), pp. 809-812. doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-057213

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Disordered gambling among people with psychotic disorders: a systematic review

Sankaranarayanan, Anoop et al (2024) Schizophrenia, 10. doi.org/10.1038/s41537-023-00421-5

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Treatment effects of therapeutic interventions for gaming disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Danielsen, Paul A et al (2024) Addictive Behaviors, 149. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107887

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