HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 20, issue 4

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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

Alcohol: availability, affordability, related harm, and policy in Ireland

Doyle, Anne and Mongan, Deirdre and Galvin, Brian (2024) HRB overview series 13. Dublin: Health Research Board

Dancing at the disco. A case for revising the Intoxicating Liquor Bill (2024) to provide for regulation and safeguarding of underage events on licensed premises

Leonard, Paula and Ketelaar, Grainne (2024) Donegal: Alcohol Forum Ireland.

Alcohol attitudes and behaviours in Ballymun 2011-2023.

Ballymun Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force, Ipsos B&A. (2024) Dublin: Ballymun Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force

Big alcohol: universities and schools urged to throw out industry-funded public health advice

Davies, Madlen and Boytchev, Hristio (2024) BMJ, 385. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q851

An exploration of organizational climate in community-based opiate prescribing services; a mixed methods study

Kelly, Peter et al (2024) Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 162. doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209362

Current management of neonatal abstinence syndrome: a survey of practice in the UK and Ireland

Dempsey, Sharon and O' Grady, Michael J (2024) Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 109, (3), pp. 261-264. doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326204

A focus on adolescent substance use in Europe, central Asia and Canada. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children international report from the 2021/2022 survey: Volume 3.

Charrier, Lorena et al (2024) Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

A focus on adolescent peer violence and bullying in Europe, central Asia and Canada. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children international report from the 2021/2022 survey

Cosma, Alina et al (2024) Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Being LGBTQI+ in Ireland 2024. The National Study on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of the LGBTQI+ Communities in Ireland

Higgins, Agnes et al (2024) Dublin: Belong To – LGBTQ+ Youth Ireland

Role of the addiction clinical nurse specialist in acute hospital settings.

Lavelle-Cafferkey, Sadie and Comiskey, Catherine (2024). Nursing Standard, Early online. doi.org/10.7748/ns.2024.e12305

National strategic plan to improve the health of people experiencing homelessness (2024-2027).

HSE National Social Inclusion Office. (2024) Dublin: Health Service Executive

An overview of homelessness and human trafficking in Dublin

(2024) London: The Passage

A scoping review for evaluation of drug rehabilitation outcomes and impacts in Ireland

Hay, Gordon et al (2022) Dublin: Health Research Board.

Gambling among children on the island of Ireland – What we know and need to know

Reynolds, Ciara (2024) Institute of Public Health

National notifiable disease hub. [Dataset]

Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2024)

Hospital performance: an examination of trends in activity, expenditure and workforce in publicly funded acute hospitals in Ireland.

Shine, Conan and Hennessy, Mark (2024) Dublin: Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service Research Services & Policy Unit, Department of Health.

Sláintecare progress report 2021–2023

(2024) Dublin: Department of Health

Women’s health action plan 2024-2025. Phase 2: an evolution in women’s health

(2024) Dublin: Department of Health

Revenue annual report 2023

(2024) Dublin: Revenue Commissioners

Policing Authority assessment of policing performance 2023

(2024) Dublin: Policing Authority

National Healthcare Quality Reporting System: report 2023

National Patient Safety Office. (2024) Dublin: Department of Health

Sport Ireland anti-doping review 2023

(2024) Dublin: Sport Ireland

International publications

Health and social responses: drug consumption rooms. Miniguide.

(2024) Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

Drug-related hospital statistics: Scotland 2022 to 2023

(2024) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

GBD [Global Burden of Disease] Compare: visualisations. [Dataset]

The Lancet. (2024)

Education and training in addiction medicine and psychology across Europe: a EUFAS survey

Bramness, Jørgen G et al (2024) European Addiction Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1159/000531502

Mapping of training needs in South-East Europe countries and available resources related to drug treatment and rehabilitation in prisons

Pompidou Group. Barić, Martina (2024) Brussels: Council of Europe

Can telehealth expansion boost health care utilization specifically for patients with substance use disorders relative to patients with other types of chronic disease?

Tilhou, Alyssa Shell et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (4). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299397

Improving emergency department care for adults presenting with mental illness: a systematic review of strategies and their impact on outcomes, experience, and performance

Austin, Elizabeth E et al (2024) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1368129

The burden of prenatal and early life maternal substance use among children at risk of maltreatment: a systematic review

Powell, Madeleine et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13835

Addiction audio. Season 2, 2024.

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

Childhood neglect, the neglected trauma. A systematic review and meta-analysis of its prevalence in psychiatric disorders.

Carvalho Silva, Rosana et al (2024) Psychiatry Research, 335. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115881

Children as next of kin's experiences, practices, and voice in everyday life: a systematic review of studies with Norwegian data (2010-2022)

Ytterhus, Borgunn et al (2024) Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, doi.org/10.1177/14034948241232040

Associations between child maltreatment and hospital admissions for alcohol and other substance use-related disorders up to 40 years of age: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity study

Bull, Claudia et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16479

Level of support and willingness to use drug checking services among people in Australia who regularly consume illicit substances, 2022-2023

Uporova, Julia et al (2024) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney

Stigma, and factors associated with experiencing stigma, while visiting health-care services among samples of people who use illegal drugs in Australia.

Sutherland, Rachel et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13846

Difficulty accessing drug treatment among a national sample of people who regularly inject drugs, Australia, 2023.

Chandrasena, Udesha et al (2024) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

The effectiveness of abstinence-based and harm reduction-based interventions in reducing problematic substance use in adults who are experiencing homelessness in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

O'Leary, Chris et al Harry (2024) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20, (2). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1396

Improving access to general practice for and with people with severe and multiple disadvantage: a qualitative study

Potter, Lucy C et al (2024) The British Journal of General Practice, Early online. doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0244

Sexualized drug use and chemsex among men who have sex with men in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Coronado-Muñoz, Marina et al (2024) Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13, (6). doi.org/10.3390/jcm13061812

Peer navigation: a pilot study to improve recovery capital for alcohol and other drug telephone helpline callers.

Peart, Annette et al (2024) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2330941

Drug and alcohol treatment for victims and suspects of homicide: report.

(2024) London: Home office and Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

Decoding the EU’s most threatening criminal networks.

Europol (2024) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

Emerging victims in contemporary drugs policing

Marshall, Hannah et al (2024) The British Journal of Criminology, Early online. doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae020

A narrative systematic review of associations and temporality between use of methamphetamine, ecstasy/MDMA, or cocaine with anxiety or depressive symptoms

Duncan, Zoe et al (2024) Addictive Behaviors, 153. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107988

Harm reduction behaviours and harm experiences of people who use 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Whelan, Jai et al (2024) Harm Reduction Journal, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00979-y

Recent increases in crack injection and associated risk factors among people who inject psychoactive drugs in England and Wales.

Edmundson, Claire et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104262

Validation and application of a method for the quantification of 137 drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances in hair.

Barone, Rossella et al (2024) Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 243. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116054

Broad evidence of xylazine in the UK illicit drug market beyond heroin supplies: Triangulating from toxicology, drug-testing and law enforcement

Copeland, Caroline S et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16466

Human metabolism of four synthetic benzimidazole opioids: isotonitazene, metonitazene, etodesnitazene, and metodesnitazene

Taoussi, Omayema et al (2024) Archives of Toxicology, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03735-0

Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators. (2024) The Lancet, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2

"Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting": grief, loss and the emotional impacts of overdose on harm reduction workers

Kolla, Gillian et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 127. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104419

Behavioural mental health interventions delivered in the emergency department for suicide, overdose and psychosis: a scoping review.

Nugent, Shannon M et al (2024) BMJ Open, 14, (3), e080023. doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080023.

Emergency department peer support program and patient outcomes after opioid overdose

Treitler, Peter et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (3). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.3614

Ledlie, Shaleesa et al (2024) Canadian Medical Association Journal, 196, (14). doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.231339

Public health interventions and overdose-related outcomes among persons with opioid use disorder

Nataraj, Nisha et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (4). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.4617

Target trial emulation for comparative effectiveness research with observational data: promise and challenges for studying medications for opioid use disorder

Christine, Paul J et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16473

Prevalence of comorbid substance use disorders among people with opioid use disorder: a systematic review & meta-analysis

Santo, Thomas et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 128, (104434). doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104434

Prevalence of opioid dependence in Scotland 2015-2020: a multi-parameter estimation of prevalence (MPEP) study

Markoulidakis, Andreas et al (2024) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16500

Trends in cannabis availability, use, and treatment in Australia, 2013–14 to 2021–22

(2024) Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Use of antipsychotic medication, benzodiazepines, and psychiatric hospitalization in cannabis-related versus cannabis-unrelated schizophrenia - a nationwide, register-based cohort study

Hjorthøj, Carsten et al (2024) Psychological Medicine, Early online. doi.org/10.1017/s0033291724000758

Cannabidiol (CBD) products for pain: ineffective, expensive, and with potential harms

Moore, Andrew et al (2024) The Journal of Pain, 25, (4), pp. 833-842. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2023.10.009

Cannabidiol use in France in 2022: results from a nationwide representative sample of adults

Barré, Tangui et al (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13842

Perceptions and engagement of patients with chronic conditions on the use of medical cannabis: a scoping review

Pomey, Marie-Pascale et al (2024) European Journal of Medical Research, 29. doi.org/10.1186/s40001-024-01803-w

Interactive effects of alcohol and cannabis quantities in the prediction of same-day negative consequences among young adults.

Wardell, Jeffrey D et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15309

Exploring perceptions of self-stigma of substance use and current alcohol and marijuana use patterns among college students

Chentsova, Victoria O et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (4). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301535

Brief interventions 2.0: a new agenda for alcohol policy, practice and research

Stewart, Duncan et al (2024) Globalization and Health, 20, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12992-024-01031-1

'Health benefits of drinking moderately: too good to be true?'

Lecture by Professor Tim Stockwell. [Video] (2024) Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK: registered in 2022.

(2024) London: Office for National Statistics

National and regional prevalence of interpersonal violence from others’ alcohol use: a systematic review and modelling study

Kilian, Carolin et al (2024) The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 40. doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100905

The prevalence of alcohol consumption and its related factors in adolescents: findings from Global School-based Student Health Survey

Farnia, Vahid et al (2024) PLoS ONE, 19, (4). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297225

Machine learning approaches to the identification of children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure: A narrative review.

Suttie, Michael et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48, (4), pp. 585-595. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15271

Characteristics of sleep in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure

Inkelis, Sarah M et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15303

Do sleep and circadian characteristics predict alcohol use in adult drinkers?

Burgess, Helen J et al (2024) Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15280

Alcohol and economic crises

(2024) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies

The perils of partnership: interactions between Public Health England, Drinkaware, and the Portman Group surrounding the Drink Free Days Campaign

Maani, Nason et al (2024) International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 13. doi 10.34172/ijhpm.2024.8245

Outcomes after initiation of medications for alcohol use disorder at hospital discharge

Bernstein, Eden Y et al (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7, (3). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38551564/

How frequently is alcohol advertised on television in Canada?: A cross-sectional study

Pauzé, Elise et al (2024) Alcohol and Alcoholism, 59, (3). doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agae020

How is alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking spread across different types of drinking occasion in Great Britain: an event-level latent class analysis

Holmes, John et al (2024) International Journal of Drug Policy, 127. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104414

Treatment of alcohol use disorder in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease: innovative approaches and a call to action

Haque, Lamia Y et al (2024) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19. doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00448-8

Vaping – Youth perceptions and attitudes: evidence briefing

(2024) Edinburgh: Scottish Government

E-cigarettes and harm reduction: an evidence review

(2024) London: Royal College of Physicians

IntEgrating smoking cessation treAtment into usual online psychological care for people with common mEntal illness: protocol for an online randomised feasibility and pilot study (ESCAPE digital).

Blackwell, Anna K M et al (2024) Contemporary Clinical Trials, doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2024.107541

The effect of maternal prenatal tobacco smoking on offspring academic achievement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Duko, Bereket et al (2024) Addictive Behaviors, 153. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107985

Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use induce shared DNA methylation changes linked to carcinogenesis

Herzog, Chiara et al (2024) Cancer Research, Early online. doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2957

A systematic review on intervention treatment in pathological gambling

Moreira, Diana et al (2024) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21, (3). doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030346

Gambling among indebted individuals: an analysis of bank transaction data

Marionneau, Virve K et al (2024) European Journal of Public Health, 34, (2), pp. 342-346. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad117

Internet addiction management: a comprehensive review of clinical interventions and modalities

Chadha, Yatika et al (2024) Cureus, 16, (3). 10.7759/cureus.55466