1.

[News] European Union Drugs Agency. [EUDA] EU takes action to control three harmful new drugs. (30 Jan 2026)

2.

[FactSheet] HRB National Drugs Library. (2026) Factsheet: New psychoactive substances (NPS) - the Irish situation 2026. Dublin: HRB National Drugs Library.

3.

[Article] Rock, Kirsten L and Treble, Ric and Copeland, Caroline S (2026) Legislating novel psychoactive substances: lessons from 15 years of UK mortality data (2007-2022). Frontiers in Pharmacology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2025.1708335

4.

[Article] Roberts, Emmert and McKetin, Rebecca and Copeland, Caroline (2026) Characteristics of methamphetamine-related deaths in the United Kingdom, 1997-2024. Addiction, 121, (3), pp. 680-685. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70215

5.

[Report] Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. (2025) Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs annual report (January 2023 to December 2025 consolidated). London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

6.

[Article] Śniadach, Justyna and Orlof, Wiktor and Sołowiej-Chmiel, Justyna and Kicman, Aleksandra and Szymkowiak, Sylwia and Waszkiewicz, Napoleon (2025) Chemsex as a diagnostic challenge: toward recognition in ICD-12 and integrated treatment approaches-a narrative review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14, (17). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14176275

7.

[Article] van Amsterdam, Jan and Nabben, Ton and van den Brink, Wim (2025) Appearance of 2-MMC and 3-MMC on the illicit drug market in the Netherlands: a systematic narrative review of the prevalence and risks. International Journal of Drug Policy, 145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104971

8.

[Article] Duddy, Claire (2025) What are synthetic drugs? House of Commons Library Insight,

9.

[Webpage] Center for Forensic Science Research and Education. (2025) CSFRE new psychoactive substances (NPS). Scope recommendations. URL: https://www.cfsre.org/nps-discovery/scope-recommen...

10.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Drug-induced deaths – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025). Lisbon: EUDA.

11.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Drug-related infectious diseases – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025). Lisbon: EUDA.

12.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) EUDA initial report on the new psychoactive substance 2-methylmethcathinone (2-MMC). Lisbon: EUDA.

13.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) EUDA initial report on the new psychoactive substance 4-bromomethcathinone (4-BMC). Lisbon: EUDA.

14.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) EUDA initial report on the new psychoactive substance N-ethylnorpentedrone (NEP). Lisbon: EUDA.

15.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Harm reduction – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025). Lisbon: EUDA.

16.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) New psychoactive substances – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025). Lisbon: EUDA.

17.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Understanding Europe’s drug situation in 2024 – key developments (European Drug Report 2025). Lisbon: EUDA.

18.

[Article] HSE drugs.ie. (2025) HSE MDMA update May 2025. drugs.ie,

19.

[Webpage] Center for Forensic Science Research and Education. (2025) Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) trend reports. URL: https://www.cfsre.org/nps-discovery/trend-reports

20.

[Report] Health Research Board. Irish National Focal Point to the European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Focal Point Ireland: national report for 2024 – drugs. Dublin: Health Research Board.

21.

[Report] Health Research Board. Irish National Focal Point to the European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Focal Point Ireland: national report for 2024 – drug markets and crime. Dublin: Health Research Board.

22.

[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.

23.

[Report] An Garda Siochana. (2025) An Garda Síochána annual report 2023. Dublin: An Garda Siochana.

24.

[Report] Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. (2025) Synthetic cathinones: an updated harms assessment. London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

25.

[Webpage] Center for Forensic Science Research and Education. (2025) NPS discovery dashboard [United States]. URL: https://www.npsdiscovery.org/reports/dashboard/

26.

[Article] Muschialli, Luke and Yang, Justin C and Engstrom, Teyl and Puljevic, Cheneal and Beltazar, Edoardo and Beltazar, Emmanuel and Siddique, Owais and Ferris, Jason and Connolly, Dean J (2025) Sexualized drug use and chemsex: a bibliometric and content analysis of published literature. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 57, (3), pp. 321-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2024.2367614

27.

[Dataset] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2025) Data from the UNODC early warning advisory on new psychoactive substances.

28.

[Webpage] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2025) UNODC Early warning advisory (EWA) on new psychoactive substances (NPS). URL: https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Home/NPS

29.

[Article] Wang, Jing and Hao, Yulei and Ma, Di and Feng, Liangshu and Yang, Feng and An, Pingxu and Su, Xingqi and Feng, Jiachun (2025) Neurotoxicity mechanisms and clinical implications of six common recreational drugs. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 16. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1526270

30.

[Webpage] WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence. (2024) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence information repository. URL: https://ecddrepository.org/en

31.

[Report] Walton, Sara E and Lattanzio, Nicole and Brown, Kyle and Brunner, Branden and Liston, Melanie and Papsun, Donna M and DeBord, Joshua and Logan, Barry K and Krotulski, Alex J (2024) N-Isopropyl Butylone — NPS Discovery new drug monograph. United States: Center for Forensic Science Research and Education.

32.

[Report] Walton, Sara E and Palamar, Joseph J and Acosta, Patricia and Abukahok, Nina and Stang, Brianna N and Reyes, Alyssa G and Logan, Barry K and Krotulski, Alex J (2024) Chloromethcathinone — NPS Discovery new drug monograph. United States: Center for Forensic Science Research and Education.

33.

[Report] European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2024) European drug report 2024: trends and developments. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

34.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2024) Drug supply, production and precursors – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2024). Lisbon: EUDA.

35.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2024) Drug-related infectious diseases – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2024). Lisbon: EUDA.

36.

[Report] European Union Drugs Agency. (2024) New psychoactive substances – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2024). Lisbon: EUDA.

37.

[Report] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2024) The challenge of new psychoactive substances - a technical update. Vienna: United Nations.

38.

[Webpage] European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Europol. (2024) EU drug market: New psychoactive substances — Distribution and supply in Europe: Synthetic cathinones. URL: https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-...

39.

[Report] World Health Organization. (2024) Clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders. Geneva: World Health Organization.

40.

[Article] Millar, Seán (2024) Injecting trends in Dublin and Midlands regions: results from Syringe Analysis Programme, 2021–2022. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 89, Autumn 2024. pp. 50-52.