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Prevalence and current situation

Prevention of adolescent stimulant drug use: do the home life environment and extracurricular activities influence this? Findings from the Irish Planet Youth Survey

Daly FP, Millar SR, Major E and Barrett PM (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (8). https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44072/

 

Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) use and harms in Ireland: new findings from the 2024 European Web Survey on Drugs

Mongan D, Killeen N, Millar SR, Matias J, Keenan E and Galvin B (2025) Int. J. Drug Policy, 145, 105011. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44244/

 

Polysubstance use in early adulthood and associated factors in the Republic of Ireland: an analysis of a nationally representative cohort

Brennan M, Mongan D, Doyle A, et al. Addiction, 121, (1), pp. 150-162. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44132/

 

Is mental health multimorbidity associated with contact with healthcare services before suicide? retrospective analysis of Irish coronial data, 2015-2020

Kavalidou K, Cox G, Munnelly A and Platt S (2025) Arch. Suicide Res., pp. 1-15. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/44189/

 

Harms associated with prescription drug misuse in Ireland: a national observational study of trends in treatment demand, non-fatal intentional drug overdoses and drug related deaths 2010-2020

Durand L, Arensman E, Corcoran P, et al. (2025) Drug Alcohol Depend., 272, 112669. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43321/

 

Trends in cocaine use and cocaine-related harms in Ireland: a retrospective, multi-source database study

Mongan D, Millar SR, Carew AM, et al. (2025) BMC Public Health, 25, (1), 2285. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43633/

 

Novel substance, same old problems: admissions of psychosis precipitated by hexahydrocannabinol, a widely available semi-synthetic cannabinoid

O’Mahony B, Lanigan S, Lally N, et al. (2025) BJPsych Bull, pp. 1-6. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43779/

 

Probable suicide among men in farming and agricultural-related occupations in the Republic of Ireland: exploring coronial data

Cox G, Stapleton A, Russell T, et al. (2025) J. Agromedicine. Early online, pp. 1-11. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43136/

 

Thoughts of suicide and self-harm: a national study on young people presenting to non-paediatric acute hospitals in Ireland

Kavalidou K, O’Mahony, Lovejoy S-A, McNicholas F and Russell V (2025) J. Child Adolesc Mental Health, pp. 1-13.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43173/

 

Sowing seeds of awareness: a cross-sectional analysis of mental health literacy and help-seeking in Irish farmers

O’Connor S, O’Hagan AD, Firnhaber J, et al. (2024) J. Occup. Med. Toxicol.,19, 47. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43482/

 

Responses

 

Exploring women’s lived experiences of substance use and social work to inform social work education and practice, an Irish perspective

Harris A, Loughran H, Broderick Gary and Niece E (2024) J. Soc. Work Educ., Early online.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43423/

 

Policy

 

Implementation of a multi-component alcohol policy in Ireland: a qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators to implementation

Calnan S, Matvienko-Sikar K, Fitzgerald N, Gilheany S and Kabir Z (2025) Int. J. Drug Policy, 143, 104870.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43561/

 

An examination of support for more diverse alcohol warning labels (awls) in Ireland

Houghton F, Moran Stritch J, Campbell A and Shorter G (2025) Epidemiol Biostat Public Health, 20, (1).
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43312/

 

Labelling the debate: a thematic analysis of alcohol industry submissions to the EU consultation on alcohol health warnings in Ireland

Cott É, Dunaiceva J, White P, Annnasdotter Neely R and Lesch M (2025) J. Global. Health, 21, 34.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43312/