In this issue
International publications
Global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption: a population-based study.

Rumgay, Harriet et al (2021) The Lancet Oncology, Early online.

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What treatment and services are effective for people who are homeless and use drugs? A systematic 'review of reviews'.

Miler, Joanna Astrid et al (2021) PLoS ONE, 16, (7), e0254729

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Manual: increasing access to hepatitis C testing and care for people who inject drugs. Identifying barriers to and opportunities for supporting hepatitis C testing and care in drug services: a participatory diagnostic process.

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

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Elimination barometer on viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs in Europe.

EMCDDA (2021) 

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Increase access to hepatitis C (HCV) testing and care in drug services — a toolkit.

EMCDDA (2021)

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Professional education to reduce provider stigma toward harm reduction and pharmacotherapy.

Sulzer, Sandra H et al (2021) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online.

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An unknown invisible intrusion. Impact of an adult family member’s problematic substance use on family life: a meta-ethnography.

Lindeman, Sari Kaarina et al (2021) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy

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Briefing paper. Treatment, prevention and harm reduction interventions for different forms of ATS use.

Rigoni, Rafaela et al (2021) Amsterdam: De Regenboog Groep; Correlation-European Harm Reduction Network.

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StatPearls [Internet, Teaching resource].

Statspearl (2021) Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing.

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Standardised alcohol & other drug (AOD) screening & withdrawal tools. [Webpage].

National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (2021) 

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Living systematic review on cannabis and other plant-based treatments for chronic pain.

McDonagh, Marian S et al (2021) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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Weeding out the truth: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the transition from cannabis use to opioid use and opioid use disorders, abuse or dependence.

Wilson, Jack et al (2021) Addiction, Early online.

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Precision mental health care for cannabis use disorder: utility of a bioSocial Cognitive Theory to inform treatment.

Gullo, Matthew J et al (2021) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, p. 643107.

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Development over time of the population-attributable risk fraction for cannabis use disorder in schizophrenia in Denmark.

Hjorthøj, Carsten et al (2021) JAMA Psychiatry.

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Differences in cannabis perceptions among Canadian adolescent boys and girls.

Goodman, A (2021) Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

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Association between secondhand marijuana smoke and respiratory infections in children.

Johnson, Adam B et al (2021) Pediatric Research.

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Moral disengagement and the harms of cocaine use.

Sumnall, Harry et al (2021) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online.

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Opioid agonist therapy: a synthesis of Canadian guidelines for treating opioid use disorder.

(2021) Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental health.

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Opioid substitution treatment: service self-assessment tool.

2021) London: Public Health England.

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Opioid substitution treatment: guide for keyworkers.

(2021) London: Public Health England.

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BOOST: an elearning programme on opioid substitution treatment (OST) for drug treatment and recovery workers.

Public Health England. (2021) London: Health Education England eLearning for Healthcare.

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Factors associated with opioid overdose during medication-assisted treatment: How can we identify individuals at risk?

Au, Vivian Y O et al (2021) Harm Reduction Journal, 18, (71).

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Heroin-Assisted Treatment and the United Nations international drug control apparatus.

. Hallam, Christopher (2021) Swansea: Global Drug Policy Observatory.

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Knowledge & Library Services (KLS) evidence briefing: What are the facilitators and barriers to the uptake of low dead space injecting equipment for people who inject drugs?

Gledhill, Rachel (2021) London: Public Health England.

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High-dose buprenorphine induction in the emergency department for treatment of opioid use disorder.

Herring, Andrew A et al (2021) JAMA Network Open, 4, (7), e2117128.

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Treatment of opioid dependence with depot buprenorphine (CAM2038) in custodial settings.

Dunlop, Adrian J et al (2021) Addiction, Early online.

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Role of community drug and alcohol services in physical healthcare for people who use illicit opioids: a qualitative study of clinical staff in the UK.

Bradbury, Molly and Lewer, Dan (2021) BMJ Open, 11, e046577.

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Mortality and concurrent use of opioids and hypnotics in older patients: a retrospective cohort study.

Ray, Wayne A et al (2021) PLoS Medicine, 18, (7), e1003709. (Submitted)

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Prevalence and childhood precursors of opioid use in the early decades of life.

Shanahan, Lilly et al (2021) JAMA Pediatrics, 175, (3), pp. 276-285.

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Chemsex and harm reduction for gay men and other men who have sex with men.

(2021) London: Harm Reduction International.

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Investigating defensive functioning and alexithymia in substance use disorder patients.

Taurino, Alessandro et al (2021) BMC Psychiatry, 21, (337)

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Controlled drinking-non-abstinent versus abstinent treatment goals in alcohol use disorder: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Henssler, Jonathan et al (2021) Addiction, 116, (8), pp. 1973-1987.

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Alcohol's harm to others: does the drinking location matter?

Moan, Inger Synnøve & Brunborg, Geir Scott (2021) Substance Use & Misuse, pp. 1-7.

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Protecting women and girls from tobacco and alcohol promotion.

Feeny, Emma et al (2021) BMJ, 374, n1516.

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Exploring the experiences of social workers in working with children suspected to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

Gilbert, David J et al (2021) Adoption & Fostering.

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‘It’s like a safety haven’: considerations for the implementation of managed alcohol programs in Scotland.

Parkes, Tessa et al (2021) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy.

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Special issue "alcohol-related violence: the impact of drinking pattern, drinker personality and drinking context".

(2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (13).

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Briefing: LGBTQ+ people and alcohol.

(2021) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies.

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A digital campaign to increase awareness of alcohol-exposed pregnancy.

Reynolds, Róisín et al (2021) Perspectives in Public Health, 141, (3), pp. 124-126.

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Webinar: Parents with drug and alcohol problems: how can we provide the best interventions?

Addiction Professionals, Adfam. (2021) Addiction Professionals.

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Critical role of general practitioners in preventing readmission following emergency department alcohol screening and brief intervention management of alcohol-related problems.

Hazeldine, Simon et al (2021) Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 12, 21501327211027437.

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Subjective executive function deficits in hazardous alcohol drinkers.

Powell, Anna et al (2021) Journal of Psychopharmacology.

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Monitoring alcohol consumption and harm during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(2021) London: Public Health England.

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Living under coronavirus and injecting drugs in Bristol (LUCID-B): a qualitative study of experiences of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs.

Keston, Joanna M et al (2021) International Journal of Drug Policy, Early online. (In Press)

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Impact of Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19 and associated restrictions among people who inject drugs: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System.

Eddy, Sarah et al (2021) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

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Psychosocial interventions and immune system function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Shields, Grant S et al (2020) JAMA Psychiatry, 77, (10), pp. 1031-1043.

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Cardiovascular and temperature adverse actions of stimulants.

Docherty, JR and Alsufyani, HA (2021) British Journal of Pharmacology, 178, (13), pp. 2551-2568.

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Editorial: Out of the night-time and into the day: Ketamine and MDMA as therapies for mental disorders.

Davey, Christopher G (2021) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

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Study of recovery community organization participants over time shows peer-based recovery support activities are associated with modest improvement in recovery capital.

(2021) Recovery Research Institute Research Bulletin.

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Case report of an acute myocardial infarction after high-dose recreational nitrous oxide use: a consequence of hyperhomocysteinaemia?

Oomens, Thomas et al (2021) European Heart Journal. Case Reports, 5, (2), ytaa557.

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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2020

(2021) National Records of Scotland. 

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Independent report. Review of drugs part two: prevention, treatment, and recovery.

Black, Dame Carol (2021) London: Department of Health and Social Care.

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Improving drug treatment services in England: models for commissioning and accountability.

Robertson, Ruth et al (2021) London: The Kings Fund.

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Preventing HIV infections at the time of a new pandemic.

Global HIV Prevention Coalition (2021) Geneva: UNAIDS

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Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets, May 2020 - May 2021.

Pedersen, Max et al (2021) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2021: addressing new and emerging products.

(2021) Geneva: World Health Organization.

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E-cigarettes versus nicotine replacement treatment as harm reduction interventions for smokers who find quitting difficult: randomized controlled trial.

Myers Smith, Katie et al (2021) Addiction, Early online. (In Press)

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Predictors of recruitment and retention in randomized controlled trials of behavioural smoking cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

Bricca, Alessio et al (2021) Addiction, Early online.

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Characteristics of gamers who purchase loot box: a systematic literature review.

Yokomitsu, Kengo et al (2021) Current Addiction Reports, pp. 1-13.

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