Cover story · Launch of new Hidden Harm initiative p.1 

Policy and legislation

• HRB evidence review on dual diagnosis treatment service p.3
• Medical use of cannabis and cannabinoids: Q&A for policymaking  p.6
• Civil society involvement in policymaking p.9
• Taking stock: a decade of drug policy p.11

Prevalence and current situation

• Trends in alcohol and drug admissions to psychiatric facilities p.12
• Global, regional and country level estimates of HCV infection among recent injecting drug users p.13
• Rates of reported codeine-related poisonings and codeine prescribing following new national guidance in Ireland p.14
• Parole Board annual report, 2017 p.15 

Responses

• Updated international standards on drug use prevention p.16
• International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) Europe p.18
• Evaluation of three J-ARC pilot projects p.19
• Cross-border organised crime: threat assessment 2018 p.20
• Resilience in the face of trauma: implications for service delivery p.21
• Evaluation of Tabor Group addiction services p.22
• Barriers and enablers to HCV screening and treatment in Irish prisons p.23
• Merchants Quay Ireland annual review, 2017 p.25
• DOVE Clinic, Rotunda Maternity Hospital annual report, 2017 p.26
• Twentieth Annual Service of Commemoration and Hope p.28