Cover story

• Launch of the ESHEILD project at UCC p.1

Policy and legislation

• New national drugs strategy p.4
• Guidance on human rights and drugs policy p.6 

Recent research

• Early and risky adolescent alcohol use independently predict alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drug use in early adulthood in Ireland p.8
• Adverse childhood experiences and drug use among young adults in Ireland p.10
• Factors associated with cocaine use among young adults in Ireland p.12
• New report on problem drug use in Cork city published p.13 

Prevalence and current situation

• Death by suicide and gambling p.15
• Overprescribing of benzodiazepines, Z-drugs and gabapentinoids in Ireland p.17
• Review of Prevention Systems in Ireland p.22
• Commercial determinants of health: the case of the alcohol industry p.23
• Trends in alcohol and drug admissions to psychiatric facilities p.25
• Prison visiting committees annual reports, 2022 p.27
• Ana Liffey Drug Project annual report, 2023 p.29
• Self-harm in Irish prisons, 2020 and 2021 p.30

Responses

• Communities That Care in Ireland p.32 

Updates

• Recent publications p.35

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