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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann Debate. Question 157 – Education policy [11012/26]. (12 Feb 2026)

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann Debate. Question 333 – Education policy [10766/26]. (12 Feb 2026)

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 477, 479, 483, 478, 480 – Education policy [School curriculum] [7540/26, 7542/26, 7548/26, 7541/26, 7544/26]. (04 Feb 2026)

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 481 – Education policy [Drugs & mental health] [7545/26]. (04 Feb 2026)

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 482 – Education policy [Evaluation] [7547/26]. (04 Feb 2026)

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 988 – Healthcare policy [Vaping] [7820/26]. (04 Feb 2026)

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[Article] Holmes, John (2026) How should public health respond to rise of alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks? BMJ, 392. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-086563

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[Article] Weerasinghe, Ashini and Forbes, Samantha M and Hobin, Erin (2026) Does believing alcohol causes cancer moderate the relationship between consumer awareness of the alcohol-cancer link and support for alcohol policies? findings from a Canadian cross-sectional study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, (1). https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.70072

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[Report] Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. (2026) Drug safety update (DSU). Improving information supplied with gabapentinoids (pregabalin/gabapentin), benzodiazepines and z-drugs. London: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 469 - School curriculum [Prevention] [73675/25]. (18 Dec 2025)

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Joint Committee on Drugs Use. Supporting teachers in youth drug education and prevention in schools discussion. (18 Dec 2025)

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[Article] Mittal, Shravika and Shah, Darshi and Do, Shin Won and ElSherief, Mai and Mitra, Tanushree and De Choudhury, Munmun (2025) Exposure to content written by large language models can reduce stigma around opioid use disorder. NPJ artificial intelligence, 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44387-025-00049-z

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Joint Committee on Drugs use debate: Addiction prevention, education and awareness in schools: discussion. (20 Nov 2025)

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 1962 - Substance misuse [Alcohol awareness] [59406/25]. (04 Nov 2025)

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[Article] Rayner, CL and Bradshaw, C and Davies, J (2025) An evaluation of a psychoeducational harm-reduction focused intervention targeting music festival attendees/at risk of negative outcomes surrounding recreational substance use. Drug Science, Policy and Law, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503245251391113

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[Article] Ali, Alwalid and Houghton, Ben and Moran Stritch, Jennifer and Houghton, Frank (2025) Relaxing, cool, sexy and stylish: misinterpretations of an EU pictorial tobacco warning image. Tobacco Control, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2025-059484

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann Debate. Question 1157 - Substance misuse [47833/25]. (17 Sep 2025)

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[Report] Irish Thoracic Society. (2025) Vaping: myths, truths & what your friends might not know. Dublin: Irish Thoracic Society.

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[Article] Sanabria-Mazo, Juan P and Pérez-Aranda, Adrián and Armas-Landaeta, Carilene and Royuela-Colomer, Estíbaliz and Mateo-Canedo, Corel and Cabrera-Gil, Itxaso and Monreal-Bartolomé, Alicia and García-Campayo, Javier and López-Del-Hoyo, Yolanda (2025) The use of games in the classroom to promote mental health knowledge and healthy attitudes in adolescents: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1622099

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[Article] Keating, Orlagh and Brown, Ruth H and McDougall, Stewart and Kuenssberg, Renate and O'Rourke, Suzanne (2025) Knowledge as prevention: a cost-effective intervention to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure. Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, 49, (8), pp. 1792-1802. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.70089

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[Video] Drug Education Forum. (2025) Drug Education Forum podcast. Drug Education Forum.

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[Report] Falzon, Danilo (2025) Preventing substance use-related harms among young people in Scotland. Evidence, knowledge gaps, and systems solutions. Edinburgh: Drug Research Network Scotland.

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[Report] Health Information and Quality Authority. (2025) Protocol for modelling the risk of alcohol-attributable mortality and hospital admission in Ireland. Dublin: Health Information and Quality Authority.

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[Article] Kitt-Lewis, Erin and Adam, Marianne and Phillips, Kathleen (2025) Stigma surrounding people with substance use disorder: a scoping review examining educational programs. Substance Use & Misuse, pp. 1-35. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40662520/

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[Article] Alharbi, Mohammad and Ward, Emma and Notley, Caitlin and Dockrell, Martin and Taylor, Eve and East, Katherine (2025) Evaluating the impact of vaping facts films on vaping harm perceptions among young adults in the UK: A randomized on-line experiment. Addiction, 120, (11), pp. 2202-2214. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70119

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 442 – School funding [Gambling] [37852/25]. (08 Jul 2025)

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[Report] Dooley, Aileen (2025) HSE drugs and alcohol helpline and the HSE HIV and sexual health helpline annual report 2024. Dublin: Health Service Executive.

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[News] [Road Safety Authority] RSA launches major new TV campaign targeting drug-driving. (01 May 2025)

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[Article] Cott, Éadaoin and Dunaiceva, Jelena and White, Philippa and Annasdotter Neely, Runa and Lesch, Matthew (2025) Labelling the debate: a thematic analysis of alcohol industry submissions to the EU consultation on alcohol health warnings in Ireland. Globalization and Health, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01126-3

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[News] [Independent.ie] , O'Regan, Eilish Crackdown on legal semi-synthetic cannabis planned, but no public information campaign on risks. (25 Apr 2025)

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[Report] Dooley, Aileen (2025) HSE drugs and alcohol helpline and the HSE HIV and sexual health helpline annual report 2023. Dublin: Health Service Executive.

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[Article] Boland, Philip and Sturm, Tristan and Shorter, Gillian W (2025) (Dealing with) illegal drugs and “unwanted land-use”: a socially inclusive future planning imagination for drug consumption rooms. Journal of Planning Education and Research, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X251318245

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[Dail Debates] [Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 402 – Health services [8829/25]. (27 Feb 2025)

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[Article] Hannigan, Alannah and Krishnan, Nandini and Singh, Kirti and Bytelaar, Shannon and Schmitz, Deb and Bartlett, Sofia and Hall, David and Barrios, Rolando and Montaner, Julio S G and Harris, Marianne and Hull, Mark W and Salters, Kate A (2025) Scaling up hepatitis C testing and linkage-to-care among people who use drugs: lessons learned from a pilot project implemented at a supervised consumption site. BMC Health Services Research, 25, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12374-9

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[Article] Hua-Nguyen, Christina and Harris, Ashley and Herrera, Micah E and Falk, Jamison and Le, Me-Linh and Mital, Shweta (2025) Effectiveness of educational interventions in United States schools to prevent opioid-related harms: a systematic review. Addictive Behaviors, 163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108268

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[Report] U.S. Surgeon General. (2025) Alcohol and cancer risk: the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory. Washington: U.S. Surgeon General.

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[Article] Houghton, Daisy and Houghton, Frank (2025) Peering through the smoke: tobacco and smoking representation in Marvel and DC Noir comic books/ graphic novels. Medicina Internacia Revuo, 31, (123), pp. 62-69.

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[Article] Parsons, Janet A and Markowitz, Benjamin and Thomas, Rekha and Norris, Kris and Charles, Mercy and King, Chantelle and Sellen, Kate and Campbell, Douglas M and Leece, Pamela and Klaiman, Michelle and Chapman, Leigh and Hopkins, Shaun and Shahin, Rita and Handford, Curtis and Stergiopoulos, Vicky and Morrison, Laurie J and Strike, Carol and Orkin, Aaron M (2025) The opportunity to save a life: a qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention. PLoS ONE, 20, (6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326495

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[Webpage] Positive Choices. (2025) Positive choices. Drug and alcohol information. URL: https://positivechoices.org.au/

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[Article] Filipova, Vania and Hooper, Daire and Kenny, Patrick (2024) Consumer reactions to multiple and single health warnings on static alcohol ads: a factorial survey experiment with a convenience sample of adults in Ireland. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, (2), pp. 389-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13990