Recent publications

Prevalence and current situation


The internalization of stigma and the shaping of the grief experience for peers bereaved by a drug-related death
O’Callaghan D and Lambert S (2024) Omega (Westport), early online. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41693/ 


The impact of the introduction of tobacco product plain packaging on consumer responses in Ireland: a real-world policy evaluation stratified by socioeconomic groups
Sheridan A, Conway R, Murphy E, et al. (2024) Eur J Public Health, 34(5): 970–978. Available from: 
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41701/ 


Inequalities in smoking and e-cigarette use in young adults with mental ill-health, 20 years after Ireland’s smoking ban
Hanafin J, Sunday S and Clancy L (2024) Tob Use Insights, 17. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41834/ 


Drivers and facilitators of HIV-related stigma in healthcare settings in Ireland
Vaughan E and Költő A (2024) Aids Behav, 29: 22–36. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41825/ 

 

Trends in polysubstance use among patients in methadone maintenance treatment in Ireland: evidence from urine drug testing 2010-2020
Durand L, O’Kane A, Stokes S, et al. (2024) J Subst Use Addict Treat, 167: 209507. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41799/ 


Understanding mediated sports consumption by Irish children: a qualitative study exploring their exposure and understanding of gambling marketing, risks and harms
Kitchin PJ, McEvoy E, Kerr A and O’Brennan J (2024) BMC Public Health, 24: 2478. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41826/ 


A qualitative study of psychological stress and coping among persons using crack cocaine
Duopah YA, Moran L, Elmusharaf K and Kelly D (2024) BMC Psychol, 12: 537. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41993/ 


Etizolam and Irish drug poisoning deaths
Keenan E, Kelleher C, Lyons S, et al. (2024) Ir J Psychol Med, 41(4): 506–507. Available from:.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42044/ 


Women attending the sexual assault treatment unit services in the Republic of Ireland: a 7-year review
Kane D, Walshe J, Maher N, et al. (2024) Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 168(3): 1276–1284. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41991/ 


Informing the cannabis policy debate: a cross-sectional study of current and former cannabis users in Ireland
James PD and Comiskey C (2024) J Subst Use, early online. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41947/ 


Factors affecting implementation of a National Clinical Programme for self-harm in hospital emergency departments: a qualitative study
O’Connell S, Cully G, McHugh S, et al. (2024) BMJ Qual Saf, early online. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41992/ 


Responses


‘It’s a group-on-one’: social disconnection as a tool of and defence against child criminal exploitation in the Republic of Ireland
Sheehan K, Walsh C and Cusack A (2024) Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 26: 266–284. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41649/ 


REPAIRS Delphi: A UK and Ireland consensus statement on the management of infected arterial pseudoaneurysms secondary to groin injecting drug use
REPAIRS Collaborative. MacLeod CS, Nagy J, Radley A, et al. (2024) Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 68(4): 530–540. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41879/ 


“Boxing Clever Cork saved my life”: a snapshot of an early addiction recovery fitness and education program
Brennan R and Wright M (2024) J Subst Use, early online. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41916/ 

 

Policy


Illicit drug use in Limerick City: a stakeholder and policy analysis using multiple streams model.
Duopah YA, Moran L, Elmusharaf K and Kelly D (2025) Int J Health Plann Manage, 40(1): 86–107. Available from: 
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/41913/