There has been a great deal of commentary recently on the United Kingdom (UK)
government's stumbling efforts to increase economic growth through a combination of …

The Irish drug landscape has been significantly changing for some time with many new user
groups now existing from a range of social demographics across Irish society. We are …

Background Based on recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), the
Alcohol Framework 2018 in Scotland aims to reduce alcohol-related harm, including …

Background In 2018, following a protracted process, the Public Health (Alcohol) Act was
enacted to address alcohol use and associated harm in Ireland. The Act includes legislation …

There has been a great deal of commentary recently on the United Kingdom (UK)
government's stumbling efforts to increase economic growth through a combination of …

Background Following on from the United Kingdom's (UK) Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA)
2020 report on alcohol labelling, 1 further research was carried out by AHA to examine if …

Background Alcohol use as well as the associated harms in the World Health Organization
(WHO) European Region is among the highest in the world. A combination of population …

Methods To address the first question, the review team undertook an extensive search of the
academic literature and of official reports, unpublished research, and advocacy documents …

Results A total of 2,074 (67%) persons were reported to misuse drugs; 84%(n= 1765) of the
sample were reported to misuse cannabis, while high rates of misuse were also identified for …

Background Globally, suicide is a significant public health concern with over 700,000 people
worldwide dying by suicide each year. 1 A range of factors, especially mental disorders …