HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 20, issue 2

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Our newsletter includes links to Irish and international publications related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

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Irish-related publications

Drug and Alcohol Trends Monitoring System (DATMS) 2023: year 8

Robinson, Janet and Doherty, Jim (2024) Dublin: Blanchardstown Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force.

HHC-induced psychosis: a case series of psychotic illness triggered by a widely available semisynthetic cannabinoid

O'Mahony, Brian et al (2024) Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early online. pp. 1-4. doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2024.3

Update for healthcare providers synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists

Health Service Executive, National Poisons Information Centre. (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive.

Synthetic opioid preparedness. Fact sheet for medical care providers.

HSE National Clinical Lead for Addiction Services, National Red Alert Group. (2024) Dublin: HSE drugs.ie.

HSE webinar recording: Safeguarding communities against nitazenes

HSE drugs.ie. (2024) Health Service Executive.

Adolescent addiction service report 2024

Adolescent Addiction Service. Murray, Denis (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

'Selling their souls?' Nurses' understanding of addiction and recovery in acute hospital settings

Cafferkey, Sadie Lavelle et al (2024) British Journal of Nursing, 33, (4), pp. 188-192. doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.4.188

Critical Partners - level and quality of civil society involvement in the field of drug policy. Case study research in Finland, Ireland, Greece and Hungary

Sarosi, Peter (2023) Amsterdam: Correlation-European Harm Reduction Network

How much do Europeans know about the link between alcohol use and cancer? Results from an online survey in 14 countries

Neufeld, Maria et al (2024) BMC Research Notes, 17. doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06707-w

A ‘perfect storm’ that will lead to more road deaths

Conlon, Catherine (2024) Medical Independent

Purdy, Joanna (2024) IPH Blog,

Frostbite injuries from recreational nitrous oxide use

Murphy, D et al (2024) Irish Medical Journal, 119, (2), pp. 910-920

A simple presumptive field test for nitrous oxide

Oakes, Conor et al (2024) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-024-03627-3

Neighbourhood characteristics and socioeconomic inequalities in child mental health: cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from the Growing Up in Ireland study

Putra, I Gusti Ngurah Edi et al (2024) Health & Place, 86. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103180

Adolescent mental health & adversity: profiles & trends in the west of Ireland from 2018-2022. Executive summary

Silke, Charlotte et al (2024) Galway: UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre

The secondary punishment: a scoping study on employer attitudes to hiring people with criminal convictions

Garrihy, Joe and Bracken- Roche, Ciara (2024) Dublin: Irish Penal Reform Trust

Cocaine nation [Audio].

The Pat Kenny Show. (2024) Dublin: Newstalk.com

HSE Talking health and wellbeing podcast - 2024

(2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Stop smoking services – free stop smoking medications

HSE Health and Wellbeing, 16

How Ireland can further regulate tobacco and nicotine inhaling products and progress tobacco endgame targets

O'Connor, Louise (2024) IPA blog

Prevalence of chronic health conditions among young adults living in Ireland and associations with smoking and e-cigarette-use

Hanafin, Joan et al (2023) Irish Journal of Medical Science, 192, (Supp 2), pp. 74-75. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-023-03534-z

Health in Ireland: key trends 2023

Department of Health. (2024) Dublin: Government of Ireland

Drug-related and drug misuse deaths in Northern Ireland, 2022

(2024) Belfast: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

Alcohol-specific deaths in Northern Ireland, 2022

(2024) Belfast: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

National Self-Harm Registry Ireland annual report 2021

Joyce, Mary et al (2024) Cork: National Suicide Research Foundation

Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. [Webpage]

(2024) Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland

HSE national service plan 2024.

(2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Drogheda report implementation plan - 3rd published progress report

(2024) Dublin: Department of Justice

Citizen survey report Dublin's night-time economy. Executive summary

Delve Research. (2023) Dublin: Dublin City Council

High Level Taskforce on mental health and addiction – 1st annual progress report (September 2022-2023)

Dublin: Department of Health; Department of Justice

Thematic inspection: an evaluation of the provision of psychiatric care in the Irish prison system

(2024) Dublin: Office of the Inspector of Prisons

Children's Rights Alliance report card 2024

(2024) Dublin: Children's Rights Alliance

International publications

Individual placement and support - alcohol and drug study: main findings

(2024) London: Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival

Puljević, Cheneal et al (2024) The Science of the Total Environment, 921. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170934

Reducing the harm from illegal drugs. Eleventh report of session 2023–24

House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. (2024) London: House of Commons

Single programming document 2024–2026

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2024) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence, and improve educational attainment: a systematic review

Ponsford, Ruth et al (2024) Public Health Research, 12, (2), pp. 1-322. DOI: 10.3310/DWTR3299

CHildren AMplified Prevention Services: the CHAMPS initiative

(2024) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

CAMH Monitor eReport 2023. Substance use, mental health and well-being among Ontario adults

Nigatu, Yeshambel T and Hamilton, Hayley A (2023) Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Women, addictions, mental health, dishonesty, and crime stigma: solutions to reduce the social harms of stigma

Page, Sarah et al (2024) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21, (1). doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21010063

Hard Edges: The reality for women affected by severe and multiple disadvantage

Johnsen, Sarah and Blenkinsopp, Janice (2024) Edinburgh: Heriot-Watt University

Structural stigma and LGBTQ+ health: a narrative review of quantitative studies

Hatzenbuehler, Mark L et al The Lancet Public Health, 9, (2), e109-e127. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00312-2

Popular media misinformation on neonatal abstinence syndrome, 2015-2021

McCreedy, Katie et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 125. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104341

Participation in Australian drug treatment programs for individuals engaging in high-risk substance use: data from a nationally representative sample

Leung, Janni et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13792

An umbrella review of candidate predictors of response, remission, recovery, and relapse across mental disorders

Solmi, Marco et al (2023) Molecular Psychiatry, 28, (9), pp. 3671-3687. doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02298-3

Best practice guidelines for research around drugs issues

Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Brigstow Institute, University of Bristol. (2023) Bristol: Transform Drug Policy Foundation.

#ScaleUp. Scalable interventions for the treatment and care of stimulant use disorders

UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section. (2024) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Assessing the need for, and views on, drug checking services in Edinburgh

Carver, Hannah et al (2023) Edinburgh: City of Edinburgh Council

A cluster analysis of European life in recovery data: what are the typical patterns of recovery experience?

Best, David et al (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2311841

Perceptions of residential rehabilitation among referrers

Keeble, Rachel et al (2024) Public Health Scotland

Longitudinal clustering of health behaviours and their association with multimorbidity in older adults in England: a latent class analysis.

Suhag, Alisha et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297422

Eliminating hepatitis C in Europe: a report on policy implementation for people who inject drugs

Civil Society Monitoring of Harm Reduction in Europe 2023. C-EHRN Focal Points. Tammi, Tuukka et al (2024) Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network

Impact of harm minimization interventions on reducing blood-borne infection transmission and some injecting behaviors among people who inject drugs: an overview and evidence gap mapping

Tonin, Fernanda S et al (2024) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19. doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00439-9

The time of cure: hepatitis C treatment and the matter of reinfection among people who inject drugs

Rance, J et al (2024) Health Sociology Review, Early online. pp. 1-15. doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2024.2315031

Addictions Edited: the monthly take-home podcast. Series 2, 2024

Calder, Robert (2024) London: Society for the Study of Addiction.

A review of the evidence on the use and harms of xylazine, medetomidine and detomidine.

(2024) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Characteristics of alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use among persons aged 13–18 years being assessed for substance use disorder treatment — United States, 2014–2022

Connolly, Sarah et al (2024) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 73, (5), pp. 93-98. doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7305a1

ASSAD 2022–2023: Australian secondary school students’ use of alcohol and other substances.

Scully, Maree et al (2023) Sydney: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

Changing landscapes: current and future developments in the field of drug consumption rooms in Europe

Moura, Joana and Gayo, Roberto Perez (2024) Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network.

Needs assessment and feasibility study for a safer drug consumption facility in Edinburgh

Nicholls, James et al (2023) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis

Rammohan, Indhu et al (2024) The Lancet Public Health, 9, (2). doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00300-6

Responding to 'wicked problems': policy and governance on drug-related deaths in English and Welsh prisons, 2015-2021.

Duke, Karen and MacGregor, Susanne (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 126. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104358

Suicide by people in contact with drug and alcohol services: a national study 2021 to 2022

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH). (2024) Manchester: The University of Manchester.

Using alone at home: what's missing in housing-based responses to the overdose crisis?

Fleming, Taylor et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00933-y

Estimating the ratio of fatal to non-fatal overdoses involving all drugs, all opioids, synthetic opioids, heroin or stimulants, USA, 2010-2020

Casillas, Shannon M et al (2024) Injury Prevention, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-045091

Naloxone: legal challenges and opportunities for life saving intervention

Piot, Alexandre (2024) Oregan: Centre for Evidence Based Policy

National naloxone programme Scotland: annual monitoring report 2021/22 and 2022/23

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Opioid prescribing patterns after imposition of setting-specific limits on prescription duration

Allen, Lindsay D et al (2024) JAMA Health Forum, 5, (1). 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4731

Novel therapeutic and program-based approaches to opioid use disorders

Liu, Patricia et al (2024) Annual Review of Medicine, 75. pp. 83-97. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-med-050522-033924

Prescribed safer opioid supply: a scoping review of the evidence

Ledlie, Shaleesa et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 125. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104339

Factors associated with frequent buprenorphine / naloxone initiation in a national survey of Canadian emergency physicians

MacKinnon, Nathalie et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297084

Opioid agonist treatment and trust in the community pharmacy setting: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences

Caruana, Theresa (2023) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2309982

Development and validation of a brief screening tool for over-the-counter codeine dependence

McCoy, Jacqui et al (2024) Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 20, (2), pp. 182-189. doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.11.002

Development of an anxiety disorder following an emergency department visit due to cannabis use: a population-based cohort study

Myran, Daniel T et al (2024) EClinicalMedicine, doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102455

Cannabis-involvement in emergency department visits for self-harm following medical and non-medical cannabis legalization

Myran, Daniel T et al (2024) Journal of Affective Disorders, 351. pp. 853-862. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.264

Assessment of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use and its related consequences and cognitions in college students: a narrative review.

Shipley, Jennifer L and Braitman, Abby L (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48, (2), pp. 230-240. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15258

Are we moving into a new era for alcohol policy globally? An analysis of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30

McCambridge, Jim and Lesch, Matthew (2024) BMJ Global Health, 9, (2). doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014246

Minimum unit pricing of alcohol – continuation and future pricing. Business and regulatory impact assessment

(2024) Edinburgh: Scottish Government

Estimating the effects of hypothetical alcohol minimum unit pricing policies on alcohol use and deaths: a State example

Bertin, Lauren et al (2024) Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 85, (1), pp. 120-132. doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00274

Economic evaluations of alcohol pharmacotherapy: systematic review of economic evaluations of pharmacotherapy for the treatment of alcohol use disorder

Higginbotham, Benjamin et al (2024) The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 58, (2), pp. 117-133. doi.org/10.1177/00048674231201541

The confluence of legacy, corporate social responsibility, and public health: the case of Migros and alcohol-free retailing in Switzerland

Klingemann, Harald and Lesch, Matthew (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 125. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104333

The impact of raising alcohol taxes on government tax revenue: insights from five European countries

Manthey, Jakob et al (2024) Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s40258-024-00873-5

The WHO Foundation in global health governance: depoliticizing corporate philanthropy

Ralston, Rob et al (2024) Social Science & Medicine, 344. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116515

Qualitative analysis of UK women's attitudes to calorie-based alcohol marketing and alcohol calorie labelling

Atkinson, Amanda M et al (2024) Health Promotion International, 39, (1). doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae006

Alcohol and the brain

Andreasson, Sven et al (2024) CERA

Biological aging markers in blood and brain tissue indicate age acceleration in alcohol use disorder

Zillich, Lea et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48, (2), pp. 250-259. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15241

Longitudinal examination of alcohol demand and alcohol-related reinforcement as predictors of heavy drinking and adverse alcohol consequences in emerging adults

Bird, Brian M et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16443

Evaluating the impact of local alcohol licensing decisions on outcomes for the community: a systematic review

Blank, Lindsay et al (2024) BMJ Public Health, 2, (1). doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000533

Prevalence of energy drink consumption world-wide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aonso-Diego, Gema et al (2024) Addiction, 119, (3), pp. 438-463. doi.org/10.1111/add.16390

Creating a psychosocial intervention combining growth mindset and implementation intentions (GMII) to reduce alcohol consumption: a mixed method approach

Parada, Sacha et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297647

Recovery of neuropsychological function following abstinence from alcohol in adults diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder: Systematic review of longitudinal studies

Powell, Anna et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296043

Australian psychologists' knowledge, confidence, and practices in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment

Kerimofski, Katherine L et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15275

Outcomes in clinical subgroups of patients with alcohol-related hospitalizations

Friesen, Erik L et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (1). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.53971

European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2024 with focus on colorectal cancer

Santucci, C et al (2024) Annals of Oncology, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.12.003

Brief interventions for smoking and alcohol associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a population survey in England

Kock, Loren et al (2024) BMC Public Health, 24. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17559-7

Detection of anabolic-androgenic steroids in e-cigarettes seized from prisons: a case study

Harries, Richard L et al (2024) Forensic Science International, 356. doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.111965

Efficacy and safety of e-cigarette use for smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Levett, Jeremy Y et al (2023) The American Journal of Medicine, 136, (8), 804-813.e4. doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.04.014

Prevalence and characteristics of co-occurrence of smoking and increasing-and-higher-risk drinking: a population survey in England

Garnett, Claire et al (2024) Addictive Behaviors, 150. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107928

Prevalence, lived experiences and user profiles in e-cigarette use: a mixed methods study among French college students

Kinouani, Shérazade et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297156

Developing a text-message library for tobacco prevention among adolescents: a qualitative study

Khalil, Georges Elias et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296503

The effects of digital addiction on brain function and structure of children and adolescents: a scoping review

Ding, Keya et al (2024) Healthcare, 12, (1). doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010015

How and when is academic stress associated with mobile phone addiction? The roles of psychological distress, peer alienation and rumination

Zhang, Yanhong et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293094