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[Video] Piatkowski, Timothy (2025) NDARC webinar series presentation: Findings from Wave 2 of the world-first steroid checking trial. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 800 – Health services [Safer nightlife] [15678/25]. (01 Apr 2025)

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[Article] Gonzalez-Nieto, Pablo and Wallace, Bruce and Kielty, Collin and Gruntman, Kayla and Robinson, Derek and Gill, Chris and Arredondo Sanchez Lira, Jaime and Hore, Dennis (2025) Not just fentanyl: understanding the complexities of the unregulated opioid supply through results from a drug checking service in British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy, 138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104751

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[Article] Janes, Joseph (2025) Welfare first: transforming harm reduction at UK festivals. Harm Reduction Journal, 22, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01184-1

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[Report] TEDI members. Jones, G and Ventura, Mireia and Rigoni, Rafaela and Schiffer, Katrin (2025) European drug checking trends 2018 - 2024. Amsterdam: Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network.

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[Article] Killoran, Sarah and McNamara, Sinéad and Kavanagh, Pierce and O'Brien, John and Lakes, Rodney (2025) Identification of N-pyrrolidino protonitazene in powders sold as heroin and associated with overdose clusters in Dublin and Cork, Ireland. Drug Testing and Analysis, 17, (3), pp. 350-357. https://doi.org/10.1002/dta.3707

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[Article] Craft, Sam and Sunderland, Peter and Millea, Molly F and Pudney, Christopher R and Sutcliffe, Oliver B and Freeman, Tom P (2025) Detection and quantification of synthetic cannabinoids in seven illicitly sourced disposable vapes submitted by an individual presenting to a UK drug and alcohol service. Addiction, 120, (3), pp. 549-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16671

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[Report] Stevens, Alex (2024) Opioids in Europe: preparing for a third wave. London: Brookings Institution.

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[News] European Union Drugs Agency. A new network of forensic and toxicology laboratories to strengthen EU preparedness on drugs. (12 Nov 2024)

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[Video] Fursman, Harrison (2024) NDARC webinar series presentation. The chemical analysis of used syringes in Sydney, Australia. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

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[Article] Curtis, Blake and Lawes, Douglas and Caldicott, David and McLeod, Malcolm D (2024) Identification of the novel synthetic opioid N-pyrrolidino isotonitazene at an Australian drug checking service. ChemRxiv, Early online. doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-0mdvs

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[Article] De Vrieze, Liam M and Stove, Christophe P and Vandeputte, Marthe M (2024) Nitazene test strips: a laboratory evaluation. Harm Reduction Journal, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01078-8

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[Report] Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, Cardiff University, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. (2024) WEDINOS: Philtre annual report April 2023 – March 2024. Cardiff: WEDINOS.

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[News] [Irish Times] , Wilson, Jade Cluster of overdoses linked to opiate nitazene ‘came out of the blue’ - HSE clinician. (27 Aug 2024)

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[News] [Health Service Executive] Supporting act: HSE drug harm reduction teams and lab at Electric Picnic 2024. (15 Aug 2024)

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[News] [Health Service Executive] HSE Safer Nightlife Programme hosts harm reduction services at Mother Pride Block Party 2024. (28 Jun 2024)

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[News] [Health Service Executive] HSE Safer Nightlife programme 2024 to reduce drug harms this summer. (28 May 2024)

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[Article] Moran, Lissa and Ondocsin, Jeff and Outram, Simon and Ciccarone, Daniel and Werb, Daniel and Holm, Nicole and Arnold, Emily A (2024) How do we understand the value of drug checking as a component of harm reduction services? A qualitative exploration of client and provider perspectives. Harm Reduction Journal, 21, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01014-w

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[Report] Mofokeng, Tlaleng (2024) Drug use, harm reduction and the right to health - Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health. Geneva: United Nations General Assembly.

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[Report] Uporova, Julia and Sutherland, Rachel and Peacock, Amy (2024) Level of support and willingness to use drug checking services among people in Australia who regularly consume illicit substances, 2022-2023. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

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[Article] Jaunay, Emma L and Bade, Richard and Paxton, Kara R and Nadarajan, Dhayaalini and Barry, Daniel C and Zhai, Yuze and Tscharke, Benjamin J and O'Brien, Jake W and Mueller, Jochen and White, Jason M and Simpson, Bradley S and Gerber, Cobus (2024) Monitoring the use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia by wastewater-based epidemiology. The Science of the Total Environment, 919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170473

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[Report] Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. (2024) Drug Checking Symposium October 5–7, 2023: summary report. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

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[Article] Eassey, Christopher and Hughes, Caitlin E and Wadds, Phillip and de Andrade, Dominique and Barratt, Monica J (2024) A systematic review of interventions that impact alcohol and other drug-related harms in licensed entertainment settings and outdoor music festivals. Harm Reduction Journal, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00949-4

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 162 – Substance misuse [Festival harm reduction] [8207/24]. (21 Feb 2024)

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[Article] Puljević, Cheneal and Tscharke, Benjamin and Wessel, Ellen Leslie and Francis, Cameron and Verhagen, Rory and O'Brien, Jake W and Bade, Richard and Nadarajan, Dhayaalini and Measham, Fiona and Stowe, M J and Piatkowski, Timothy and Ferris, Jason and Page, Robert and Hiley, Sarah and Eassey, Christopher and McKinnon, Ginny and Sinclair, Genevieve and Blatchford, Emily and Engel, Liam and Norvill, Alice and Barratt, Monica J (2024) Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival. The Science of the Total Environment, 921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170934

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[Audio] Health Service Executive. (2024) HSE Talking health and wellbeing podcast - 2023. Dublin: Health Service Executive.