Cover story

• Government announces new Health Diversion Approach to drug possession for personal use p.01 

Policy and legislation

• Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 p.06
• What Works: Sharing Knowledge, Improving Children’s Futures p.09
• Planet Youth in WRDATF p.09
• Progress report on national drugs strategy for 2018 p.11
• Hidden Harm strategic statement p.11
• Headshop legislation and changes in drug-related psychiatric admissions p.13
• Meeting the needs of BME communities – organisational connector models p.14 

Prevalence and current situation

• Has an increase in the dispensing of pregabalin influenced poisoning deaths in Ireland? p.15
• National Self-Harm Registry annual report, 2017 p.17
• Trends in addiction treatment in Irish prisons p.19
• Hepatitis C virus screening and treatment in Irish prisons from a governor and prison officer perspective p.20
• Deaths in custody in Irish prisons p.21
• Self-harm in Irish prisons p.22 

Responses

• Restorative justice – strategies for change p.23
• Addressing educational disadvantage – Youthreach and DEIS p.25
• Tabor Group annual report, 2018 p.28 

Updates

• Recent publications p.30