In this issue
International publications
State of the family support sector

(2023) London: Adfam

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Best practices for recovery housing

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

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Adverse childhood experiences: a meta-analysis of prevalence and moderators among half a million adults in 206 studies.

Madigan, Sheri et al (2023) World Psychiatry, 22, (3), pp. 463-471. doi: 10.1002/wps.21122

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Human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem

Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (2023) Vienna: United Nations.

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Global progress report on Sustainable Development Goal 16 indicators: a wake-up call for action on peace, justice and inclusion.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Development Programme. (2023) Vienna: UNODC, OHCHR, UNDP OGC.

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Contribution of the Human Rights Council with regard to the human rights implications of drug policy

Human Rights Council. (2023) Vienna: United Nations General Assembly

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Commission on Narcotic Drugs report on the sixty-sixth session (9 December 2022 and 13–17 March 2023)

Commission on Narcotic Drugs. (2023) New York: United Nations

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Ever-emerging meaning: an exploration into the way in which families and therapists position themselves in stories of drug misuse.

Zafeiropoulou, Evangelia (2022) PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS and University of East London

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Stories from family life: living with problematic substance use and recovery in Norway

Lindeman, Sari Kaarina (2022) PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and University of Essex.

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A systematic review of economic evaluations for opioid misuse, cannabis and illicit drug use prevention

Faller, Jan et al (2023) BJPsych Open, 9, (5). doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.515

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Developing creative approaches in youth justice: a guide for youth justice professionals

Caulfield, Laura et al (2023) Wolverhampton: Sandwell Children’s Trust and the Institute for Community Research and Development at the University of Wolverhampton

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Care experience, ethnicity and youth justice involvement: key trends and policy implications

Hunter, Katie et al (2023) Swindon: ADR UK

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Prevalence of use of potentially inappropriate medications among older adults worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tian, Fangyuan et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (8). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26910

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Drug consumption rooms are effective to reduce at-risk practices associated with HIV/HCV infections among people who inject drugs: results from the COSINUS cohort study

Lalanne, Laurence et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16320

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Updated perspectives on the neurobiology of substance use disorders using neuroimaging

Murnane, Kevin S et al (2023) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 14. pp. 99-111. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S362861

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Exploring dog ownership in the lives of people with substance use disorder: a qualitative study.

Kerr-Little, Andi et al (2023) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 18, 57. doi.org/10.1186/s13722-023-00411-z

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Captagon trafficking and the role of Europe

Cunningham, Andrew et al (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

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Understanding illegal methamphetamine manufacture in Afghanistan

Research and Trend Analysis Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2023) Vienna: UNODC

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Consultation outcome. Nitrous oxide: legitimate uses and appropriate controls

(2023) London: Home Office

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Legal approaches to new psychoactive substances: first empirical findings.

van Amsterdam, Jan et al (2023) European Addiction Research, doi: 10.1159/000531503

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Characteristics of substance-related toxicity deaths in Ontario. Stimulant, opioid, benzodiazepine, and alcohol-related deaths

Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, Public Health Ontario. (2023) Toronto: ODPRN

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Drug overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pill use — United States, July 2019–December 2021

O'Donnell, Julie et al (2023) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 72, (35), pp. 949-956. /10.15585/mmwr.mm7235a3

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The impact of methamphetamine use on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment retention: a scoping review.

Russell, Cayley et al (2023) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 18. doi: 10.1186/s13722-023-00402-0

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Integrating opioid use disorder treatment into primary care settings

Austin, Elizabeth J et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (8). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28627

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The opioid epidemic: a review of the contributing factors, negative consequences, and best practices.

Judd, Dallin et al (2023) Cureus, 15, (7). doi: 10.7759/cureus.41621

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Buprenorphine dose and time to discontinuation among patients with opioid use disorder in the era of fentanyl.

Chambers, Laura C et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (9). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34540

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Patients' goals when initiating long-acting injectable buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: findings from a longitudinal qualitative study

Neale, Joanne et al (2023) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18, (37),  doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00551-0

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Young adults' perceptions of and intentions to use nicotine and cannabis vaporizers in response to e-cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury Instagram posts: experimental study

Llanes, Karla D et al (2023) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25. doi.org/10.2196/46153

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Cannabis-involved traffic injury emergency department visits after cannabis legalization and commercialization.

Myran, Daniel T et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (9). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31551

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Cannabis use frequency and cannabis-related consequences in high-risk young adults across cannabis legalization

Doggett, Amanda et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (9). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.36035

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Prevalence of cannabis use disorder and reasons for use among adults in a US state where recreational cannabis use is legal.

Lapham, Gwen T et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (8). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28934

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Measuring cannabis quantities in online surveys: a rapid review and proposals for ways forward

Manthey, Jakob et al (2023) International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 32, (3). doi: 10.1002/mpr.1971

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Health-related quality of life in patients accessing medicinal cannabis in Australia: the QUEST initiative results of a 3-month follow-up observational study

Tait, Margaret-Ann et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (9). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290549

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Cannabidiol inhibits the proliferation and invasiveness of prostate cancer cells.

O'Reilly, Eve et al (2023) Journal of Natural Products, 86, (9), pp. 2151-2161. 

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New modelling of alcohol pricing policies, alcohol consumption and harm in Scotland. An adaptation of the Sheffield Tobacco and Alcohol Policy Model

Angus, Colin et al (2023) University of Sheffield

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Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 - operation and effect 2018 to 2023: report.

Scottish Government. Population Health Directorate. (2023) Edinburgh: Scottish Government

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A sobering thought: the scale of alcohol harm and what we can do about it

(2023) London: Turning Point.

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The estimated health impact of alcohol interventions in New Zealand: a modelling study

Chambers, Tim et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16331

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Associations between alcohol intake and hospital contacts due to alcohol and unintentional injuries in 71,025 Danish adolescents – a prospective cohort study

Kruckow, Sofie et al (2023) EClinicalMedicine, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102187

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New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines

Shield, Kevin et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16316

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Accounts of women identified as drinking at 'high risk' during pregnancy: a meta-ethnography of missing voices.

Taylor, Annie et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, 117. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104061

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Prevalence of parental supply of alcohol to minors: a systematic review

van der Kruk, Shannen et al (2023) Health Promotion International, 38, (5). doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad111

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Comorbid alcohol use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder: a proof-of-concept randomized placebo-controlled trial with buprenorphine and naltrexone combination treatment

Davis, Lori L et al (2023) Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.15155

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Social anxiety disorder is a risk factor for alcohol use problems in the National Comorbidity Surveys

Rosenström, Tom H and Torvik, Fartein Ask (2023) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 249. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109945

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The relationship between time spent on social media and adolescent alcohol use: a longitudinal analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study.

Purba, Amrit Kaur et al (2023) European Journal of Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad163

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Roles of gut microbiota in alcoholic liver disease.

Zhang, Daya et al (2023) International Journal of General Medicine, 16. pp. 3735-3746. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S420195

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Attitudes and current practice in alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment among staff working in urgent and emergency settings: an open, cross-sectional international survey

Blake, Holly et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (9). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291573

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Report on the scientific basis of tobacco product regulation: ninth report of a WHO study group

WHO study group on tobacco product regulation. (2023) Geneva: World Health Organization

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Beyond MPOWER: a systematic review of population-level factors that affect European tobacco smoking rates

Watson, Leah K et al (2023) European Journal of Public Health, Early online.  doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad112

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Building a house on sand: how tobacco use is devouring resources

Bakhtiari Aliabad, Mohammad et al (2023) Addiction & Health, 15, (2), pp. 128-135. doi: 10.34172/ahj.2023.1375

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Freedom from nicotine and tobacco: guide for schools

(2023) Geneva: World Health Organization.

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Nicotine- and tobacco-free schools: policy development and implementation toolkit.

(2023) Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

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How do adolescent smoking prevention interventions work in different contextual settings? a qualitative comparative study between the UK and Colombia.

Sánchez-Franco, Sharon et al (2023) International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s12529-023-10211-z

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Information and guidance on vaping for secondary-aged learners in Wales

Tobacco Control Team and Educational Settings Team, Health Improvement Division, Public Health Wales. (2023) Cardiff: Public Health Wales.

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How do underage youth access e-cigarettes in settings with minimum age sales restriction laws? A scoping review

Graham-DeMello, Anna et al (2023) BMC Public Health, 23. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16755-9

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Patterns of cigarette and e-cigarette use among UK adolescents: a latent class analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study.

Vrinten, Charlotte et al (2023) European Journal of Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad124

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Pharmacological and electronic cigarette interventions for smoking cessation in adults: component network meta-analyses.

Lindson, Nicola et al (2023) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9, (9). doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015226.pub2

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The relationship between smartphone addiction and sleep among medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Leow, Mabel Qi He et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (9). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290724

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A systematic review of the association of internet gaming disorder and excessive social media use with psychiatric comorbidities in children and adolescents: is it a curse or a blessing?

Ghali, Sally et al (2023) Cureus, 15, (8). doi: 10.7759/cureus.43835

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