COVER STORY

• Impact of Covid-19 on drug use in Ireland p.01

POLICY AND LEGISLATION

• Alcohol pricing and marketing: policy actions from WHO p.08
• Drug education best practice for health, community, and youth workers p.11
• EMCDDA Best Practice Portal p.13
• Irish drug policy alternatives: a qualitative study p.15

COVID-19

• EU drug markets: impact of Covid-19 p.17

PREVALENCE AND CURRENT SITUATION

• European schools drug and alcohol survey p.18
• Parental problem alcohol use and education p.21
• Garda Youth Diversion Programme: review and evaluation p.24
• Garda Youth Diversion Programme annual conference p.26
• Brief interventions targeting long-term benzodiazepine and Z-drug use in primary care p.29

RESPONSES

• Merchants Quay Ireland annual review, 2018 p.30

UPDATES

• Recent publications p.33 

The policy, research, and other documents covered in this issue of Drugnet Ireland have all been retrieved by the HRB National Drugs Library and may be accessed on its website www.drugsandalcohol.ie