HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 20, issue 10

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Irish-related publications

Joint Committee on Drugs Use interim report

Joint Committee on Drug Use. (2024) Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas

Illicit drug use in Limerick City: a stakeholder and policy analysis using multiple streams model

Duopah, Yaa Asuaba et al (2024) The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Early online. doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3856

A qualitative study of psychological stress and coping among persons using crack cocaine

Duopah, Yaa Asuaba et al (2024) BMC Psychology, 12, 537. doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-02032-w

“Boxing Clever Cork saved my life”: a snapshot of an early addiction recovery fitness and education program

Brennan, Rebekah and Wright, Mark (2024) Journal of Substance Use, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2024.2407621

Dublin city taskforce report

Dublin: Taoiseach's Taskforce for Dublin

Etizolam and Irish drug poisoning deaths

Keenan, Eamon et al (2024) Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early Online. pp. 1-2. doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2024.38

Cocaine-induced destruction of the palate: a diagnostic and management challenge

Maloney, Brian et al (2024) British Dental Journal, 237, (6), pp. 465-471. doi.org/10.1038/s41415-024-7834-5

“They said they couldn’t take me because I was on drugs.” A report examining whether human rights are negated for women in addiction when accessing domestic violence support and refuge in Ireland

Kennedy, Mary et al (2024) Dublin: SAOL Project.

“I don't think I can help you anymore.” Sex workers' experiences of accessing mental health services in Ireland.

Ryan, Paul et al (2024) Sexuality, Gender & Policy, Early online, doi.org/10.1002/sgp2.12112.

Sexual assault of the older person: attendances to the Republic of Ireland's sexual assault treatment unit network

Kane, Daniel et al (2024) Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 103. doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102683

Women attending the sexual assault treatment unit services in the Republic of Ireland: a 7-year review

Kane, D et al (2024) International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Early Online. doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.15947

“In an ideal world, it would be fully decriminalised”: stigma, discrimination, & sex work laws in Scotland

Aotearoa New Zealand, & the Republic of Ireland. Key findings and policy recommendations. Armstrong, Lynzi et al (2024) Victoria University of Wellington

Facing reality: addressing the role of pornography in the pandemic of violence against women and girls

Breslin, Ruth and O'Connor, Monica (2024) Dublin: The Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute.

Local community safety partnership pilot: final evaluation report

Eustace, A et al (2024) Dublin: The Centre for Effective Services

No wrong door. [Video]

(2024) Bang Bang Visual

Drogheda report implementation plan - 4th published progress report

(2024) Dublin: Department of Justice

Informing the cannabis policy debate: a cross-sectional study of current and former cannabis users in Ireland

James, Philip D and Comiskey, Catherine (2024) Journal of Substance Use, Early Online. doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2024.2412583

A prescription for change: Sinn Féin’s plan to deliver healthcare when you need it

Dublin: Sinn Fein

The need for further alcohol control research: a response to a functional magnetic resonance imaging study on alcohol warnings by Gallopel-Morvan et al.

Houghton, Frank (2024) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15453

Dark patterns, dark nudges, sludge and misinformation: alcohol industry apps and digital tools

Roy-Highley, Elliott et al (2024) Health Promotion International, 39, (5). doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae037

Alcohol: a commercial driver of crime

(2024) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland

Voices of Recovery policy document. Alcohol harm: the recovery position.

(2024) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland

Reducing alcohol harms in Northern Ireland: the potential of minimum unit pricing. [Video]

(2024) Institute of Public Health

Children’s school lives: equalities in children’s school lives – the impact of social background

Devine, D et al (2024) Dublin: UCD School of Education

Webinar recording: tobacco and mental health. [Video]

(2024) Institute of Public Health

Code red: young people and their exposure to gambling marketing through media and live sport on the island of Ireland. Final report of the Youth, Gambling Marketing and the Shared Ireland project

Kerr, Aphra et al (2024) Kildare: Maynooth University

The problem gambling podcast 2024. [Video]

(2024) Extern Problem Gambling

Factors affecting implementation of a National Clinical Programme for self-harm in hospital emergency departments: a qualitative study

O'Connell, Selena et al (2024) BMJ Quality & Safety, Early Online. doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017415

An analysis of Population-Based Resource Allocation for health and social care in Ireland

Walsh, Brendan M and Hill, Leonie (2024) Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute

How to put national standards into practice: key steps for health, mental health and social care services

Health Information and Quality Authority, Mental Health Commission. (2024) Dublin: HIQA and MHC

The Planet Youth survey: Monaghan

(2024) Monaghan: Planet Youth

Dublin City night-time economy strategy

(2024) Dublin: Dublin City Council

Submission DJE 01212-23: prison overcrowding

Prison Overcrowding Response Group. (2024) Dublin: Department of Justice

Prison re-offending statistics 2021.

(2024) Cork: CSO

Parole Board annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Parole Board

Courts Service annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Courts Service

Criminal Assets Bureau annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Criminal Assets Bureau

Oberstown Children Detention Campus annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Oberstown Children Detention Campus

Ana Liffey Drug Project annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Ana Liffey Drug Project

Coolmine annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Coolmine

Bray Community Addiction Team annual report 2023

(2024) Wicklow: Bray Community Addiction Team CLG

Health Products Regulatory Authority annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Health Products Regulatory Authority

Activity of acute public hospitals in Ireland 2023 annual report

Healthcare Pricing Office, Health Service Executive. (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive.

Health Service Executive annual report and financial statements 2023

(2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Practitioner Health Matters Programme annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Practitioner Health Matters Programme

The Rotunda Hospital Dublin annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: The Rotunda Hospital.

International publications

Treatments for stimulant use disorder – a rapid review for policy makers and practitioners

Williams, Andrew James et al (2024) Edinburgh: Drugs Research Network Scotland

Predictors of substance use during treatment for addiction: a network analysis of ecological momentary assessment data

Serre, Fuschia et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16658

The global state of harm reduction 2024.

(2024) London: Harm Reduction International

Infective endocarditis among women who inject drugs

Adams, Janica A et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (10). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.37861

Chronic conditions that predominantly impact or affect women differently: substance use disorder. In: Advancing research on chronic conditions in women

Batulan, Z et al (2024) Washington DC: National Academies Press

Women and drugs: gender equality at the heart of drug policies

(2024) COPOLAD III

SPOTLIGHT: Improving inclusion health outcomes [England].

(2024) Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England, 2023

Lifestyles Team, NHS Digital. (2024) Leeds: NHS Digital

Young people returning to alcohol and other drug services as incremental treatment

MacLean, Sarah J et al (2024) Social Science & Medicine, 357. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117181

What can we know about legal minors who inject drugs? Exploring register data in three high-income countries

Barrett, Damon and Turner, Russell (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early Online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2416590

The effect of Sure Start on youth misbehaviour, crime and contacts with children’s social care

Carneiro, Pedro et al (2024) London: Institute for Fiscal Studies

Looking beyond drugs: a scoping review of recovery in the context of illicit substance use among adolescents and young adults

Eekhoudt, Cameron R et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 133. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104598

How are extended reality technologies being used for behavioral prevention and health promotion with children and adolescents? A scoping review

Tomczyk, Samuel and Gottschalk, Signe (2024) Journal of Adolescent Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.07.028

Childhood origins of social mobility

(2024) London: Social Mobility Commission

Efficacy of social norm interventions on addictive behaviours-a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Lemmel, Frederike Katharina and Morina, Nexhmedin (2024) Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31, (5). doi.org/10.1002/cpp.3057

Guide to good practices and intervention models in Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union for addressing drug-related social vulnerabilities

Ibero-American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations working on Drugs and Addictions (RIOD). (2024) COPOLAD III

Care models for coexisting serious mental health and alcohol/drug conditions: the RECO realist evidence synthesis and case study evaluation

Hughes, Elizabeth et al (2024) Health Technology Assessment, 28, (67), pp. 1-100. doi.org/10.3310/JTNT0476

28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and Recovery College fidelity

Kotera, Yasuhiro et al (2024) Npj Mental Health Research, 3. doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00092-9

Official LxAddictions podcast. In cooperation with the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA). [Audio]

European Union Drugs Agency, Society for the Study of Addiction. (2024) Lisbon: EUDA

Europol in brief 2023

(2024) The Hague: Europol

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment reporting on the provision of prison needle and syringe programmes in the Council of Europe region

Van Hout, Marie Claire et al (2024) Public Health in Practice, 8. doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100544

Fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine analyte concentrations in urine drug testing specimens

Huhn, Andrew S et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (10). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.41063

Cost-effectiveness of treating hepatitis C in clients on opioid agonist therapy in community pharmacies compared to primary healthcare in Australia

Ginnane, Joshua F et al (2024) Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/jvh.14015

Reduced injection risk behavior with co-located hepatitis C treatment at a syringe service program: the accessible care model.

Lee, Claire So Jeong et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (8). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308102

Implementation of a community-based LC-UV drug checking service: promising preliminary findings on feasibility and validity

Nicolas, Fabresse et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01098-4

NPS Discovery new drug monographs.

Walton, Sara E et al (2024) United States: Center for Forensic Science Research and Education.

Methylenedioxynitazene; 5-Methyl Etodesnitazene; 5,6-Dichloro Desmethylchlorphine; N-Phenethyl Noroxymorphone; ortho-Methyl Boc 4-AP; N-Isopropyl Butylone; BTMPS; Methyl-PCP; Desalkylquazepam; Chloromethcathinone; Bromantane; AB-CHMINACA; MMB-4en-PINACA

PHILTRE August 2024

(2024) Cardiff: WEDINOS

Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly reports 2024

Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Poppers, the politics of exemption and the characteristics of poppers users in the annual English festival study, 2014–23

Measham, Fiona et al (2024) The British Journal of Criminology, doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae055

Identification of the novel synthetic opioid N-pyrrolidino isotonitazene at an Australian drug checking service

Curtis, Blake et al (2024) ChemRxiv, Early online. doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-0mdvs

Psilocybin for clinical indications: a scoping review

Madden, Kim et al (2024) Journal of Psychopharmacology, 38, (10), pp. 839-845. doi.org/10.1177/02698811241269751

Narrowing the gap: the burden of alcohol, drugs, and firearms on U.S. life expectancy

Orgera, Kendal et al (2024) Washington DC: AAMC

Systematic review: the relationship between gabapentinoids, etizolam, and drug related deaths in Scotland

Ciesluk, Beata et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (10). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310655

Deaths linked to potent synthetic opioids [England].

(2024) London: Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

(2024) London: Office for National Statistics.

Communities that HEAL intervention and mortality including polysubstance overdose deaths: a randomized clinical trial

Freisthler, Bridget et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (10). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40006

Suicide in people prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland, United Kingdom, 2011-2020: a national retrospective cohort study

Fraser, Rosalyn et al (2024) Addiction, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16680

A call for compassionate opioid overdose response

Russell, Erin et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 133. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104587

Understanding the impact of the gut microbiome on opioid use disorder: pathways, mechanisms, and treatment insights.

Kazemian, Negin and Pakpour, Sepideh (2024) Microbial Biotechnology, 17, (10). doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70030

Systematic review on mortality in the elderly on methadone maintenance treatment

Nazmin, Farhana et al (2024) Cureus, 16, (9). 10.7759/cureus.68910

Integrating nursing practice and policy in opioid overdose prevention: analysis of the opioid-overdose reduction continuum of care approach practice guide

Kyei, Evans F et al (2024) Journal of Advanced Nursing, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/jan.16451

Buprenorphine-precipitated withdrawal among hospitalized patients using fentanyl.

Thakrar, Ashish P et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (9). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35895

Is cannabis a slippery slope? Associations between psychological dysfunctioning, other substance use, and impaired driving, in a sample of active cannabis users

Love, Steven et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (10). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310958

Facilitators of and obstacles to practitioners' adoption of harm reduction in cannabis use: a scoping review

Haddad, Roula et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01093-9

Cannabis and pain management

Rottnek, Fred et al (2024) Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM, 37, (4), pp. 784-789. doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230462R1

NCD prevention: a commercial determinants of health approach

A 10-year vision for a healthier Scotland. (2024) NCD Alliance Scotland

Tackling hospital service burden of alcohol dependence in England: a service evaluation of alcohol care teams (ACTs) and care pathways for integrated care

Webb, Lucy et al (2024) Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, Early Online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2409841

Alcohol brief interventions: a review of strategy and recommendations for policy

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

The impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol policy on people accessing services for alcohol dependence: a difference-in-difference structured interview study.

Buykx, Penny et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early Online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13960

Reducing alcohol harm: a blueprint for national action

Durham: Balance

The role of alcohol consumption in the lives of older Australian women: qualitative insights and an agenda for further research, policy and practice

McCarthy, Simone et al (2024) BMC Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20083-x

Trends in alcohol expenditure among risky drinkers: a population study in England, 2014–2023

Jackson, Sarah E et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 133. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104615

Delay discounting of rewards and losses, alcohol use, and the influence of socioeconomic factors: a cross-sectional online study in frequent drinkers

Pinger, Mathieu et al (2024) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15469

Reporting controversial issues in controversial industries

Marshall, Donna et al (2023) Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 36, (9), pp. 483-512. doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2020-4684

Understanding the mechanisms of change in social norms around tobacco use: a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions

Lahiri, Shaon et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16685

Model-based appraisal of the potential effects of minimum pricing for tobacco in Scotland

Gillespie, Duncan et al (2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

GBD 2021 Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators. (2024) The Lancet Public Health, 9, (10), e729-e744. 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00166-X

Estimating young adult uptake of smoking by area across the United Kingdom

Jackson, Sarah E et al (2024) Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Early Online. doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae231

Adverse cardiovascular effects of nicotine delivered by chronic electronic cigarettes or standard cigarettes captured by cardiovascular intrinsic frequencies

Alavi, Rashid et al (2024) Journal of the American Heart Association, 13, (18). doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.035462

The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling

Wardle, Heather et al (2024) The Lancet Public Health, Early Online. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00167-1

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