This first e-newsletter issue of 2021 includes Irish publications and international evidence resources related to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. 

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McCreery, Sarahjane and Keane, Marcus and Bowden, Matthew (2021) Debts, threats, distress and hope: towards understanding drug-related intimidation in Dublin’s North East Inner City. Dublin: Ana Liffey Drug Project.

O'Meara Daly, Eoin and Redmond, Sean and Naughton, Catherine  (2020) Lifting the lid on Bluetown. Limerick: School of Law, University of Limerick.

Naughton, Catherine and Redmond, Sean and O'Meara Daly, Eoin (2020) Lifting the lid on Redtown. Limerick: School of Law, University of Limerick.

Mayock, Paula and Butler, Shane (2021) Pathways to ‘recovery’ and social reintegration: The experiences of long-term clients of methadone maintenance treatment in an Irish drug treatment setting. International Journal of Drug Policy, 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103092.

Power, Emmet et al (2021) Intelligence quotient decline following frequent or dependent cannabis use in youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Psychological Medicine, Early online, pp.1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S00332917xxxxxx036.

Harris, Julie et al. (2020) Risk perception, changing social context, and norms prevent transition to regular injection among people who smoke heroin. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 208, p.107878. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107878.

Matthews, Evan et al. (2021) A qualitative study of physical activity and dietary practices of people accessing Opioid Agonist Treatment in Ireland. Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, Early online .

Haran, Maeve et al (2021) An audit of the cervical screening programme in the National Drug Treatment Centre (NDTC). Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02459-1.

McAleer, Anna et al (2021) A peer-led survey of student alcohol behaviours and motives in undergraduate students. Irish Journal of Medical Science , Early online . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02445-7.

Brennan, Rebekah et al (2021) “A slippery slope”: a scoping review of the self-injection of unlicensed oils and fillers as body enhancement. Performance Enhancement & Health, 100185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2020.100185.

Durand, Louise et al (2020) Factors associated with early and later dropout from methadone maintenance treatment in specialist addiction clinics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 219, 108466. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108466.

McLoughlin, Caoimhe et al. (2021) The suburban-city divide: an evaluation of emergency department mental health presentations across two centres. Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02496-w.

Murphy, Lisa et al. (2020) Risk factors for completed suicide among people who use drugs: a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, (45). https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13098.2.

Orsolini, Laura et al (2021) Psychiatry trainees' attitudes, knowledge, and training in addiction psychiatry. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, p.1315. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585607.

Kane, Daniel et al (2021) Collection and storage of forensic evidence to enable subsequent reporting of a sexual crime to the police "Option 3"-an Irish experience. Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02491-1.

O'Sullivan, G and Gallagher, J (2020) Have legislative interventions impacted the incidence of needlestick injuries? Irish Medical Journal, 112, (10), p.1023.

Kolto, Andras et al (2021) Connected, respected, and contributing to their world: the case of sexual minority and non-minority young people in Ireland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (3), p.1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031118.

McDonnell, Brendan P et al (2021) Prevalence of illicit tobacco use and tobacco tax avoidance in pregnancy. Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02487-x.

Solli, Kristin Klemmetsby et al. (2020) Adapting treatment length to opioid-dependent individuals' needs and preferences: A 2-year follow-up to a 1-year study of extended-release naltrexone. Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15378.

Sirdifield, Coral et al. (2020) Substance misuse and community supervision: a systematic review of the literature. Forensic Science International. Mind and Law, 1,  100031. doi: 10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100031.

Whitaker, Victoria et al. (2021) Clustering of health-related behaviours within children aged 11-16: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 21, (1), p.137. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-10140-6.

Finch, Andrew J et al. (2020) Recovery and youth: an integrative review. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 40, (3), 06. doi: 10.35946/arcr.v40.3.06.

Blackwood, Rosalind et al. (2020) Prevalence and patterns of hospital use for people with frequent alcohol-related hospital admissions, compared to non-alcohol and non-frequent admissions: a cohort study using routine administrative hospital data. Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15354.

Daedelow, Laura S et al. (2021) Are psychotic-like experiences related to a discontinuation of cannabis consumption in young adults? Schizophrenia Research, 228, pp.271-279. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.01.002.

Rice, Danielle et al. (2020) Evaluating comparative effectiveness of psychosocial interventions adjunctive to opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder: a systematic review with network meta-analyses. PLoS ONE, 15, (12), e0244401. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244401.

Pahl, Adrienne et al. (2020) Non‐pharmacological care for opioid withdrawal in newborns. Non‐pharmacological care for opioid withdrawal in newborns, 12 . Art. no.: CD013217. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013217.pub2.

MacDougall, Sarah et al. (2021) Text message interventions in adolescent mental health and addiction services: scoping review. JMIR Mental Health, 8, (1), e16508. doi: 10.2196/16508.

Geuijen, Pauline M et al. (2021) Success rates of monitoring for healthcare professionals with a substance use disorder: a meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10, (2). doi: 10.3390/jcm10020264.

Lorenz, David R et al. (2021) Acrolein and other toxicant exposures in relation to cardiovascular disease among marijuana and tobacco smokers in a longitudinal cohort of HIV-positive and negative adults. EClinicalMedicine, 100697. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100697.

Huang, Jing-Syuan et al. (2021) Risk of substance use disorder and Its associations with comorbidities and psychotropic agents in patients with autism. JAMA pediatrics, Early online, e205371. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5371.

Fordham, Ann (2020) The meaningful participation of ‘stakeholders’ in global drug policy debates—a policy comment. International Development Policy, 12. https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.3861.

Andreasson, Sven et al. (2021) Alcohol and society 2021: Alcohol and the coronavirus pandemic: individual, societal and policy perspectives. Stockholm: Swedish Society of Nursing, SFAM, SAFF, CERA, The Swedish Society of Addiction Medicine, SIGHT, Movendi International & IOGT-NTO.

Gold, Natalie et al. (2020) Effect of alcohol label designs with different pictorial representations of alcohol content and health warnings on knowledge and understanding of low-risk drinking guidelines: a randomized controlled trial. Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15327.

Heikkinen, Milja et al. (2021) Real-world effectiveness of pharmacological treatments of alcohol use disorders in a Swedish nation-wide cohort of 125556 patients. Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15384.

Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh et al. (2021) Association between patterns of alcohol consumption (beverage type, frequency and consumption with food) and risk of adverse health outcomes: a prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine, 19, p.8. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01878-2.

Csengeri, Dora et al.(2021) Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes. European Heart Journal, ehaa953  https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa953.

Rosário, Frederico et al. (2021) Factors influencing the implementation of screening and brief interventions for alcohol use in primary care practices: a systematic review using the COM-B system and Theoretical Domains Framework. Implementation Science, 16, (1), p.6. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01073-0..

Kwasnicka, Dominika et al. (2020) An N-of-1 study of daily alcohol consumption following Minimum Unit Pricing implementation in Scotland. Addiction, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15382.

Skrzynski, Carillon J and Creswell, Kasey G (2020) A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between solitary drinking and alcohol problems in adults. Addiction. doi: 10.1111/add.15355.

Buxton, Julia et al., eds.(2021) Drug policies and development, conflict and coexistence. International Development Policy series no.12 Geneva, Boston: Graduate Institute Publications, Brill-Nijhoff .

Ekhtiari, Hamed et al., eds.(2021) Brain and cognition for addiction prevention and treatment. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA .

Antoniou, Tony et al. (2020) Impact of policy changes on the provision of naloxone by pharmacies in Ontario, Canada: a population-based time-series analysis. Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15324.

Garnett, Claire et al. (2021) Factors associated with drinking behaviour during COVID-19 social distancing and lockdown among adults in the UK. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108461.

Wisse, Ernst et al. (2021) COVID-19 and people who use drugs; seizing opportunity in times of chaos. International Journal of Drug Policy, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103097.

Hartmann-Boyce, Jamie et al. (2021) Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, CD013229. Art. no.: CD013229. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013229.pub2.

Zhang, Ying-Ying et al. (2021) The effect of e-cigarettes on smoking cessation and cigarette smoking initiation: an evidence-based rapid review and meta-analysis. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 19, (4). doi:10.18332/tid/131624.