HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 21, issue 7

In this issue

International publications

Health and social responses: provision of harm reduction equipment for high-risk drug use

European Union Drugs Agency. (2025)

Learning from 25 years of preventative interventions in Scotland

(2025) Edinburgh: Scottish Government

Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England

Department of Health & Social Care, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. (2025) London: UK Government

‘I am somebody now’—exploring meanings and experiences of gaining employment among people in substance use disorder treatment

Aas, Erlend Marius et al (2025) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. pp. 1-15. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2025.2527640

"It's because they're my kids, and I love them": substance use disorders' impact on children and families: a secondary analysis.

Ford, Meghan K et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (7). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327654

Enhancing opportunities to reduce escalation to substance use disorders through early engagement: a retrospective observational data linkage study of primary and secondary care in Wales

Ohaeri, Columbus et al (2025) BMJ Public Health, 3, (2). doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-002369

Measuring substance use in refugees: a systematic review of assessment instruments

Lindert, Jutta et al (2025) Substance Use & Addiction Journal, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/29767342251348146

Noncommunicable diseases progress monitor 2025

(2025) Geneva: World Health Organization

Why language matters. A terminology guide when discussing substance use, developed alongside people with lived and living experience

(2025) Wales: Barod

Substance use disorder, the workforce, and treatment quality for minoritized populations: a systematic review

Maxey, Hannah L et al (2025) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20. doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00656-8

Psychological distress trajectories in residential alcohol and other drug treatment

Hatton, Emma L et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14099

Physician perspectives on reducing harm and supporting emergency department patients who use drugs

Collins, Zoe K et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (7). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327899

Youth justice services: relationships, rehabilitation and the reality of the young people involved-a meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature

Moore, Kerri et al (2025) Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10567-025-00534-6

Scaling up low barrier wound care for people who use drugs: a mixed methods study

Turi, Eleanor et al (2025) Harm Reduction Journal, 22. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01241-9

Transporting the effect of the ASSIST school-based smoking prevention intervention to the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England Survey (2004-2021): a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

White, James (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70141

Previous-day drug expenditure among a sample of people who inject drugs, 2024

Wilson, Joanna et al (2025) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney

Social cognition and decision-making in people with methamphetamine use disorder

Mahlberg, Justin et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70108

Synthetic cannabinoid withdrawal: a systematic review of case reports

Sharma, Rishi and Weinstein, Aviv (2025) European Addiction Research, Early online. pp. 1-17. doi.org/10.1159/000546633

Assessing the threat posed by the increased availability, use and harms of highly potent synthetic opioids in the Baltic region

(2025) Lisbon: EUDA

Cocaine cues used in experimental research: a systematic review.

Brobbin, Eileen et al (2025) Brain Sciences, 15, (6). doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15060626

What are synthetic drugs?

Duddy, Claire (2025) House of Commons Library Insight

The xylazine-fentanyl nexus: a public health emergency

Sandhu, Kanwarpreet Singh et al (2025) SAGE Open Medicine, 13. doi.org/10.1177/20503121251348068

Suicidal ideation and suicide completion in benzodiazepine users: a systematic review of current evidence

Khan, Safiyyah M et al (2025) Cureus, 17, (5). DOI: 10.7759/cureus.84318

Non-fatal overdose in narrative accounts of people in recovery from drug use

Maiden, Hannah et al (2025) Journal of Substance Use, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2025.2512509

Fatal drug overdoses in healthcare workers: a thematic framework analysis of coroner reports

Algahtani, Thikra (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70139

Evaluation of the National Mission on Drug Deaths: lived experience survey

(2025) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Among people who use heroin, tobacco smoking and illegal drugs cause a similar number of premature deaths

Lewer, Dan (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70140

The association between mental disorders and treatment retention among people with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tran, Lucy T et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 274. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112768

Extended-release buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: a mixed-methods study of response and experience

Lowry, Natalie et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70106

Pain management strategies for patients receiving extended-release buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: a scoping review

Azar, Pouya et al (2025) Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 19. doi.org/10.1177/29768357251343612

Age-period-cohort analysis of past 12-month cannabis use in Germany (1995-2021)

Schöllner, Natalie S et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70087

Longitudinal study of risk factors predicting cannabis use disorder in UK young adults and adolescents

Skumlien, Martine et al (2025) Communications Medicine, 5, (1). doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01018-y

Cannabis use disorder and five-year risk of oral cancer in a multicenter clinical cohort

Cuomo, Raphael E (2025) Preventive Medicine Reports, 57. doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103185

Prevalence rates, perceptions of risk, and motivations for nonmedical cannabis use in pediatric pain

Kossowsky, Joe et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (5). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12870

Use of tobacco and cannabis following state-level cannabis legalization

Hyatt, Andrew S et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (7). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.20093

Understanding tobacco and cannabis co-use, cessation strategies and intervention opportunities with young adults in UK further education colleges: a mixed methods study

Walsh, Hannah et al (2025) Substance Use & Misuse, Early online. pp. 1-11. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2533985

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Wales

Welsh Parliament, Health and Social Care Committee. (2025) Cardiff: Welsh Government

Double measures: conceptual tensions and the treatment of evidence in alcohol policy

Francis, Bennet and Jukola, Saana (2025) Philosophy of Medicine, 6, (1). doi.org/10.5195/pom.2025.226

Alcohol use disorder: from risk to diagnosis to recovery. NIAAA

(2025) The Healthcare Professional's Core Resource on Alcohol

Trends in motives for attempts to reduce alcohol consumption among risky adult drinkers in England: a representative population survey, 2017-2024

Kale, Dimitra et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 15. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100340

Almost two thirds of UK workers drink alcohol for work-related reasons

(2025) Alcohol Change UK blog

Can homes, schools and digital platforms drive young people’s alcohol consumption? Snapshot series on alcohol control policies and practice. Brief 13

(2025) Geneva: World Health Organization

Estimating the differential exposure of household groups to alcohol duty reforms in Great Britain

Wilson, Luke B et al (2025) Journal of Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf081

Applying an intersectional lens to alcohol inequities: a conceptual framework

Bright, Sophie et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70130

Alcohol, the brain and associated behaviours. [Video]

McCartney, David (2025) SHAAP

Concurrent treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder in women: a randomized clinical trial

Persson, Anna et al (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (7). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.21087

The global burden of stroke attributable to high alcohol use from 1990 to 2021: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021

Qian, Nannan et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (7). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328135

Why addressing conflicts of interest is essential to progress in reducing commercially driven health harms: lessons from tobacco

Gilmore, Anna B et al (2025) Future Healthcare Journal, 12, (2). doi.org/10.1016/j.fhj.2025.100268

Smoking cessation interventions for young adults - a scoping review

Peckham, Emily et al (2025) Substance Use & Misuse, Early online. pp. 1-9. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2530785

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

Gillespie, Duncan et al (2025) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059252

Sociodemographic and regional differences in cigarette consumption across Great Britain: a population study, 2022-2024

Jackson, Sarah E et al (2025) Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf133

Evaluating the impact of vaping facts films on vaping harm perceptions among young adults in the UK: a randomized on-line experiment

Alharbi, Mohammad et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70119

Vaping and young people: assessing early impacts of Australia’s comprehensive approach to vaping product control

Generation Vape. (2025) Sydney: Cancer Council NSW

What strategies do healthcare providers use to promote adolescents' vaping cessation? A scoping review

Nimmi, Naima et al (2025) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, (6). doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22060839

Neurodiversity and gambling harm: a rapid evidence assessment

Sweet, Amy (2025) Addiction Research & Theory, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2025.2523826

Comparative efficacy of psychological interventions for internet gaming disorder: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Wang, Ruofei et al (2025) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1619138

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