Cover story

• Launch of new interactive map to locate Irish addiction treatment services p.1

Policy and legislation

• Drug use and current alternatives to coercive sanctions in Ireland p.4
• Review of drugs and alcohol work sector of British–Irish Council, 2021–2024 p.11
• Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use p.13
• Young Ireland: national policy framework for children and young people p.14
• Road Traffic Act 2024 p.17
• Irish delegation report from 67th session of United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 2024 p.18

Recent research

• Drug prevention training in Ireland p.20
• Review of Prevention Systems (RePS) p.22
• Review on evidence on place-based responses to drug-related threats in communities p.25
• Recreational and sexualised drug use among men who have sex with men p.29

Prevalence and current situation

• Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024 p.30
• Drug treatment demand in Ireland, 2023 p.32
• An exploration of organizational climate in community-based opiate prescribing services; a mixed methods study p.36
• Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2020 p.37
• Non-fatal drug-related hospital admissions in Ireland, 2023 p.40
• Emergence of synthetic opioids on the Irish heroin market p.46
• Review of Pharmacy Needle Exchange Programme in Ireland p.47
• ‘K culture’ – the emergence of ketamine on the Irish drug scene p.49
• Injecting trends in Dublin and Midlands regions: results from Syringe Analysis Programme, 2021–2022 p.50

Responses

• Launch of study on human rights and equality issues in drug treatment services in Dublin’s North-East Inner City p.53
• HSE Integrated Alcohol Service: A coordinated approach to alcohol treatment p.55

Updates

• Recent publications p.69