Cover story

• Establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use p.01 

Policy and legislation

• Joint Committee on Justice report on decriminalisation p.06
• Support for evidence-based alcohol policy in Ireland p.09 

Recent research

• The intersectionality of women’s substance use p.10
• Factors associated with public awareness of the relationship between alcohol use and breast cancer risk p.12
• Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on deaths and hospitalisations in Scotland p.14
• Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol-related hospital outcomes p.16
• A human rights-based exploration of service-user narratives in Irish methadone maintenance treatment p.20 

Prevalence and current situation

• Adolescent Addiction Service report, 2023 p.24
• Trends in alcohol and drug admissions to psychiatric facilities p.26 

Responses

• An Garda Síochána strategy statement and policing plan, 2022 p.28
• Courts Service annual report, 2021 p.30
• Department of Justice annual report, 2021 p.34
• Ana Liffey Drug Project annual report, 2021 p.38
• DOVE Service, Rotunda Hospital annual report, 2021 p.39 

Updates

• Recent publications p.41

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