Cover story

• Alcohol findings from Healthy Ireland Survey 2023 p.01 

Policy and legislation

• Drug policy evaluation in Europe p.06
• Advancing alcohol research in Ireland p.09 
• Recent research
• Review of efficacy and safety of medicinal cannabis, 2024 p.12
• Alcohol-related emergency department presentations and hospital admissions following minimum unit pricing in Ireland p.13
• Factors associated with suicide in people who use drugs p.15 

Prevalence and current situation

• HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Ireland, 2000–2018 p.17
• Drug use during pregnancy in Dublin City, 2010–2019 p.19
• Trends in alcohol and drug admissions to psychiatric facilities p.20 

Responses

• More Than That Festival – celebrating recovery from addiction p.22
• HSE AskAboutAlcohol website analyses, 2022–2023 p.23
• Scenarios development workshop at National Drugs Forum, 2023 p.27
• Merchants Quay Ireland annual review, 2021 p.32
• Prison visiting committees annual reports, 2021 p.34
• Ana Liffey Drug Project annual report, 2022 p.36
• An Garda Síochána annual report, 2022 p.37
• EWODOR Conference, 2023 p.45
• Courts Service annual report, 2022 p.47
• Coolmine Therapeutic Community annual report, 2021 p.50
• DOVE Service, Rotunda Hospital annual report, 2022 p.52
• Tabor Group annual report, 2022 p.54 

Updates

• Recent publications p.55

Issue 87, supplement - The Citizen’s Assembly on Drug Use

• Final report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use Supp p.2
• Deliberative democracy and citizens’ assemblies Supp p.12