Research / Briefings / Evidence A-Z
2022
Addiction Journal: Alcohol sales in Canadian liquor outlets as a predictor of subsequent COVID-19 infection rates: a time series analysis
AddictionJournal: Prevalence of use and real-world effectiveness of smoking cessation aids during the COVID-19 pandemic: a representative study of smokers in England – research report
Addiction Journal: Drug Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Recently Homeless Individuals click here
Addiction Journal: Could COVID expand the future of addiction research? Long-term implications in the pandemic era
Addiction Journal : Changes in illicit drug use and markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions: findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System, 2016–20
Addiction Journal:Relationship between high-risk alcohol consumption and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroconversion: a prospective sero-epidemiological cohort study among American college students click here
Addiction Science and Clinical Practice: Structural and community changes during COVID-19 and their effects on overdose precursors among rural people who use drugs: a mixed-methods analysis
Addictive Behaviors: Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic – click here
Alcoholism Clinical & Experimental Research: COVID-19 patients with documented alcohol use disorder or alcohol-related complications are more likely to be hospitalized and have higher all-cause mortality click here
BMC Medicine:The UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and smoking, alcohol consumption and vaping during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from eight longitudinal population surveys
BMC Public Health: Health behaviours the month prior to COVID-19 infection and the development of self-reported long COVID and specific long COVID symptoms: a longitudinal analysis of 1581 UK adults
BMC Public Health: The impact of COVID-19 on access to harm reduction, substance use treatment and recovery services in Scotland: a qualitative study
BMC Public Health: Problem drinkers and high risk-taking behaviors under the stay-at-home policy of the COVID-19 emergency declaration
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction: Client and Practitioner Experiences and Perceptions of Virtual Services and Supports for Substance Use or Concurrent Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic [report]
Contemporary Drug Problems: Negotiating an Illicit Economy in the Time of COVID-19: Selling and Buying Dilemmas in the Lives of People Who Use Drugs in Scotland click here
Digestive and Liver Disease: Covid-19 and alcohol associated liver disease click here
Drug Science, Policy and Law: The Cathinone Hydra: Increased Cathinone and caffeine adulteration in the English MDMA market after Brexit and COVID-19 lockdowns – study
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Factors associated with perceived decline in the quality of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from community-recruited cohorts of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada click here
Drug and Alcohol Dependence ( in press) : Examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 and associated control measures on interventions to prevent blood-borne viruses among people who inject drugs in Scotland: an interrupted time series study
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Trajectories of alcohol use and problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of social stressors and drinking motives for men and women click here
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports: Impact of reduced restrictions on buprenorphine prescribing during COVID-19 among patients in a community-based treatment program click here
Drug and Alcohol Review: Framings of risk and responsibility in newsprint media coverage of alcohol licensing regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic in England
Drug and Alcohol Review: Health service utilisation and access for people who inject drugs during COVID-19 click here
Drug and Alcohol Review: COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among people in Australia who inject drugs: Update from the 2021 Illicit Drug Reporting System interviews
Drug and Alcohol Review: Increased alcohol-specific mortality in Germany during COVID-19: State-level trends from 2010 to 2020
Drugs and Alcohol Today: Investigating the experiences of individuals in recovery from problem substance use and their perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic
Drugs, Education Prevention and Policy : The shift from face-to-face to remote care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative survey analysis of users of UK drug and alcohol services
Drugs, Education Prevention and Policy: Thinking and drinking: associations between momentary thoughts and alcohol consumption during COVID-19 lockdown
European Addiction Research: Changes in Alcohol Use in Denmark during the Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Further Evidence of Polarization of Drinking Responses click here
European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences: COVID-19 pandemic, substance use disorders and body image issues, a worrisome correlation
FARE (The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Australia) Alcohol use and harms during the COVID-19 pandemic –2nd report
Front. Commun:Two Public Health Crises, Two Narratives: An Analysis of How Policymakers Have Managed British Columbia’s COVID-19 Pandemic and Potential Implications for the Ongoing Overdose Crisis click here
Institute of Alcohol Studies : The COVID hangover: Addressing long-term health impacts of changes in alcohol consumption during the pandemic –report
International Journal of Drug Policy: Methadone and buprenorphine-related deaths among people prescribed and not prescribed Opioid Agonist Therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in England
International Journal of Drug Policy: A rapid assessment of take-home naloxone provision during COVID-19 in Europe
International Journal of Drug Policy:Impact of COVID-19 on substance use disorder treatment servicesin Kenya: Qualitative findings from healthcare providers research paper
International Journal of Drug Policy: No party, no drugs? Use of stimulants, dissociative drugs, and GHB/GBL during the early COVID-19 pandemic
International Journal of Drug Policy: Substance use and homelessness: a longitudinal interview study conducted during COVID-19 with implications for policy and practice – research paper
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health : Analysis of Clinical Parameters, Drug Consumption and Use of Health Resources in a Southern European Population with Alcohol Abuse Disorder during COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Epidemiology: Association between smoking, e-cigarette use and severe COVID-19: a cohort study
International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science: Trends in alcohol consumption in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-country analysis
JAMA: Alcohol-Related Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic (research letter)
JAMA: Evaluation of Trends in Alcohol Use Disorder–Related Mortality in the US Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (research letter)
JAMA: Changes in Buprenorphine and Methadone Supplies in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic – study
JAMA: Changes in Smoking Cessation–Related Behaviors Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic – investigation
Journal of Rick Research: Associations between COVID-19 risk perceptions and mental health, wellbeing, and risk behaviours
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment: The impact of COVID-19 on health care professionals who are exposed to drug-related deaths while supporting clients experiencing addiction (article in press) click here
medRxiv (pre-print):Differential Impacts of Perceived Social Support on Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Young Adults: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
National Bureau of Economic Research (US) Casey Mulligan Discusses Substance Abuse and the COVID-19 Pandemic
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Briefing : Factors associated with intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 among a sample of people in Australia who regularly use ecstasy or other illicit stimulants.
Nicotine & Tobacco Research: Mobile chat messaging for preventing smoking relapse amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot randomized controlled trial (accepted manuscript)
Oschner Journal: Cross-Sectional Survey of Smoking Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tobacco Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening Program.
Plos One: The COVID-19 alcohol paradox: British household purchases during 2020 compared with 2015-2019 click here
Plos One: Mixed methods prospective findings of the initial effects of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic on individuals in recovery from substance use disorder
Psychology of Violence: Intimate Partner Aggression During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations With Stress and Heavy Drinking click here
Public Health Reports: Alcohol Consumption and COVID-19–Related Stress Among Health Care Workers: The Need for Continued Stress-Management Interventions
Public Health Scotland: Alcohol sales and harm in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic- analysis
Public Health Scotland Scottish drug misuse database: Overview of Initial Assessments for Specialist Drug Treatment 2020/21: Final Report this release by Public Health Scotland includes information from the full first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of this is discussed in more detail within the full report.
Preventive Medicine: Electronic cigarette use and risk of COVID-19 among young adults without a history of cigarette smoking – short communication
Recovery Research Institute (USA) Did drinking among U.S. adults increase during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment :Surveying Over the Counter and Prescription Only Medication Misuse in Treatment Services During COVID-19
The Mix: A post-pandemic spike in substance use amongst young people & barriers to accessing support
Trends In Urology and Men’s Health : Has the pandemic exacerbated alcohol harm? click here
UNODC: Cocaine Insights -Brazil in the regional and transatlantic cocaine supply chain: The impact of COVID-19 – report
University of Windsor (Canada) Research probes effect of pandemic on treatment of people who use fentanyl click here
University of Sheffield: Modelling the impact of changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic on future alcohol-related harm in England report
2021
Action on Smoking and Health and Cancer Research UK: Stepping up: The response of stop smoking services in England to the COVID-19 pandemic: Jan 2021 Report
Addiction Journal: Moderators of changes in smoking, drinking and quitting behaviour associated with the first COVID-19 lockdown in England – research report
Addiction Journal: Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: a large-scale cross-sectional study in 21 countries
Addiction Journal: For better or for worse? A pre–post exploration of the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on cannabis users
Addiction Professionals: Living Under Coronavirus and Injecting Drugs in Bristol (LUCID-B): A qualitative study of experiences of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs.
Addictive Behaviors: The impact of the initial Covid-19 lockdown upon regular sports bettors in Britain: Findings from a cross-sectional online study
ADF Alcohol and Drug Foundation( Australia) Alcohol Harm and COVID-19 some latest findings around alcohol use and associated harms since the pandemic began in early 2020.
Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Locked down and drinking? Are more people self-identifying as having mental health difficulties alongside their drinking via an online platform? Paper
Alcohol: The concerning increasing trend of alcohol beverage sales in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic pre-proof
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research: Changes in Alcohol Use and Drinking Context due to the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Multimethod Study of College Student Drinkers
Annals of Internal Medicine: Retail Alcohol and Tobacco Sales during COVID-19: click here
Annals of the American Thoracic Society: Smoking and COVID-19: The Real Deal – paper addresses research needed to understand smoking and COVID-19
Australian Drug Foundation listing of COVID-19 research projects
BASIS Cambridge Health Alliance, Division on Addiction: Introduction to the Special Series on Managing Addiction during COVID-19
BASIS Cambridge Health Alliance, Division on Addiction: The DRAM, Vol. 17(10) – COVID-19-related social isolation stressors and their relationship to drinking behaviors in the general adult population
BASIS Cambridge Health Alliance, Division on Addiction: The WAGER, Vol. 26(9) – Gambling during COVID: The impact of COVID-19 on gambling behavior and gambling-related problems
BASIS Cambridge Health Alliance, Division on Addiction: Op-Ed Young Adults and Gambling during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario; here
BASIS (The Brief Addiction Science Information Source) ASHES, Vol. 17(7) – Impact of COVID-19 on cigarette consumption for adults in China
BMJ Covid 19: How harm reduction advocates and the tobacco industry capitalised on the pandemic to promote nicotine: Feature Research Integrity
BMJ Thorax: Smoking and COVID-19 outcomes: an observational and Mendelian randomisation study using the UK Biobank cohort
British Journal of Health Psychology: Health behaviour change during the UK COVID‐19 lockdown: Findings from the first wave of the C‐19 health behaviour and well‐being daily tracker study
British Journal of Nursing: Smoking and tobacco: working towards the endgame as a vital part of post-COVID-19 recovery
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine: Medicine–International Society of Addiction Medicine How COVID-19 is changing addiction medicine: A summary from the Canadian Society of Addiction 2020 conference.
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health have released three products: Linking Practices on Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use during COVID-19; Action on Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use in the COVID-19 Context; COVID-19, Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use; click here
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the Mental Health Commission of Canada survey on long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadians’ mental health and substance use: results
Canadian Centre Substance Use and Addiction: Maintaining a Public Health Approach to Alcohol Policy During COVID-19 [Policy Brief]
Canadian Institutes for Health Information: Unintended consequences of COVID-19: Impact on harms caused by substance use: report
Centers for Disease Control (US) COVID-19 Questions and Answers: For People Who Use Drugs or Have Substance Use Disorder Updated Mar. 29, 2021: includes Q&A for medical professionals.
Centers for Disease Control (US) Science Brief: Evidence used to update the list of underlying medical conditions that increase a person’s risk of severe illness from COVID-19 – Substance use disorders added to CDC list of health conditions that raise COVID risks
Central Statistics Office Ireland (2020): Social impact of COVID-19 survey November 2020 well-being and lifestyle under level 5 restrictions
Chinese Journal of Traumatology: Increased proportion of alcohol-related trauma in a South London Major Trauma Centre during lockdown: A cohort study
DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Surging trends in prescriptions and costs of antidepressants in England amid COVID-19: click here
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Associations between vaping and Covid-19: Cross-sectional findings from the HEBECO study
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Drug seizures plummeted early in the COVID-19 pandemic, then climbed once lockdowns lifted: click here
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Factors associated with drinking behaviour during COVID-19 social distancing and lockdown among adults in the UK
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: The early impact of COVID-19 on the incidence, prevalence, and severity of alcohol use and other drugs: A systematic review
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Utilizing telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic for a low-threshold, street-based buprenorphine program
Drug and Alcohol Review Special Collection Covid-19 Research
Drug and Alcohol Review: COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among people in Australia who inject drugs: Implications for vaccine rollout
Drug and Alcohol Review: Beyond ‘drinking occasions’: Examining complex changes in drinking practices during COVID-19 : click here
Drug and Alcohol Review: Characterising the patterns of and factors associated with increased alcohol consumption since COVID‐19 in a UK sample: click here
Emerging Trends in Drugs , Addictions, and Health: Internet sourcing and UK end consumer trend interest in the controlled medicines (opioids, sedatives and GABA drugs) in pre and post COVID-19 timeframes –paper
EMCDDA: European Drug Report 2021: Trends and Developments – includes a section on ‘How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected drug use and supply’
EMCDDA: Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in the community and prisons-report
EMCDDA Trendspotter: Impact of COVID-19 on drug use and drug services in Western Balkans
European Addiction Research Editorial ‘The Double Effect of COVID-19 Confinement Measures and Economic Recession on High-Risk Drug Users and Drug Services’
Fare News : Australia records highest month in history for alcohol retailer turnover in December
Frontiers in Public Health: Use of Alcohol and Addictive Drugs During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Norway: Associations With Mental Health and Pandemic-Related Problems
Frontiers in Psychiatry: Exercise and Use of Enhancement Drugs at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicultural Study on Coping Strategies During Self-Isolation and Related Risks click here
Gambling Commission: Impact of Covid-19 on gambling behaviour – operator data from April 21
Harm Reduction Journal: How a sample of English stop smoking services and vape shops adapted during the early COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey
International Journal of Drug Policy: Medication and substance use increases among people using cannabis medically during the COVID-19 pandemic – short report
International Journal of Drug Policy COVID-19 and people who use drugs; Seizing opportunity in times of chaos (in press)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health : Understanding the Impacts of Novel Coronavirus Outbreaks on People Who Use Drugs: A Systematic Review to Inform Practice and Drug Policy Responses to COVID-19
JAMA Network Open: Association of COVID-19 with New Waiting List Registrations and Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis in the United States – research letter
JAMA Network Open: Trends in the Use of Benzodiazepines, Z-Hypnotics, and Serotonergic Drugs among US Women and Men Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic –investigation
JAMA Network Open: Comparison of Characteristics of Deaths From Drug Overdose Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rhode Island – investigation
JAMA Network Open: Efficacy and Safety of Cannabidiol Plus Standard Care vs Standard Care Alone for the Treatment of Emotional Exhaustion and Burnout Among Frontline Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA Network Open Research Letter: Substance Use and Addiction – Drug Overdose Deaths Before and After Shelter-in-Place Orders during the COVID-19 Pandemic in San Francisco
JAMA Network Open: Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality in Ohio during the First 7 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: research letter
JAMA Network Open: Prescribing of Opioid Analgesics and Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Pediatrics: Adolescents’ Substance Use and Physical Activity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Addictive Diseases: Exploring the public’s perception of gambling addiction on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic: Topic modelling and sentiment analysis
Journal of Addiction Medicine: Impacts of the COVID-19 Shutdown on Gambling Patterns in Australia Consideration of Problem Gambling and Psychological Distress –paper
Journal of Adolescent Health: Early Adolescent Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Survey in the ABCD Study Cohort
Journal of Adolescent Health: The Effect of Social and Stress-Related Factors on Alcohol Use Among College Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic –paper
Journal of Gambling Studies: Gambling in Canada During the COVID Lockdown: Prospective National Survey
Journal of Gambling Studies: Gambling by Young Adults in the UK During COVID-19 Lockdown: paper
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health: Electronic Cigarette Use Is Not Associated with COVID-19 Diagnosis
Journal of Public Health: Awareness of alcohol marketing one year after initial implementation of Ireland’s Public Health (Alcohol) Act and during the COVID-19 pandemic: paper
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Managing COVID-19 Transmission Risks in Bars: An Interview and Observation Study: click here
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment: SMART Recovery International and COVID-19: Expanding the reach of mutual support through online groups – paper
medRxiv, Kalkhoran, S., Levy, D., Rigotti, N. (2021). Smoking and Vaping among a National Sample of U.S. Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pre-print paper
Mental Elf: Increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic: explained
Ministry of Health Luxembourg: Mini-European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) – impact of COVID-19 on drug use, acquisition behaviour and the drug market in Luxembourg NIHR HPRU in Behavioural Science and Evaluation Blog
Neurosight: Student Drug Behaviour and Mental Health during COVID-19- Survey findings
NIDA: People with SUDs Have Increased Risk for COVID-19 and Worse Outcomes
NIHR HPRU in Behavioural Science and Evaluation Blog : Understanding how COVID-19 impacted on people who use drugs
Nicotine and Tobacco Research: The Potential Effectiveness of COVID-Related Smoking Cessation Messages in Three Countries
Nicotine and Tobacco Research:Impact of Tobacco Smoking on the Risk of COVID-19: A Large Scale Retrospective Cohort Study
OECD: Preventing Harmful Alcohol Use includes data on alcohol use during pandemic
Office for National Statistics: Smoking prevalence in the UK and the impact of data collection changes: 2020 -considers the impact that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had on data collection.
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation: COVID-19 impacts on community-based substance use prevention and treatment provider organizations- report
Psychiatry Research Short communication: Changes in body dysmorphic disorder, eating disorder, and exercise addiction symptomology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study of 319 health club users
Public Health: Preliminary indications of the burden of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs in England and Northern Ireland and the impact on access to health and harm reduction services: click here
Public Health England: Alcohol consumption and harm during the COVID-19 pandemic – report
Public Health Scotland: Studies of alcohol sales and consumption in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic findings from 2 studies plus a briefing paper : click here
Qeios: The association of smoking status with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, hospitalisation and mortality from COVID‐19: A living rapid evidence review with Bayesian meta‐analyses (version 10)
Recovery Research Institute : Unprecedented increase in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic – with substantial regional variation
Release: Drugs in the Time of COVID: Interim Report. Plus a summary of the report’s findings from Russell Webster here
SHAAP: Understanding drinking transitions during lockdown – event report
STASH Cambridge Health Alliance, Division on Addiction: Not just a virus: How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted behavioral causes of death in the United States; here
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Alcohol-related harm during the COVID-19 pandemic: editorial
Tobacco Control (BMJ): Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smoking consumption in a large representative sample of Italian adults
Tobacco Control (BMJ) Brief Report: Vape shop and consumer activity during COVID-19 non-essential business closures in the USA
University of Connecticut: Impact of COVID-19 on Racial-Ethnic Minorities among Persons with Opioid Use Disorder: research findings
UNSW (University of New South Wales) National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Drug Trends program has released new reports that show a decline in the availability of methamphetamine and heroin during COVID-19 restrictions
University of Saskatchewan: study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant worsening of already poor dietary habits, low activity levels, sedentary behaviour, and high alcohol consumption among university students.
World Psychiatry: Increased risk for COVID-19 breakthrough infection in fully vaccinated patients with substance use disorders in the United States between December 2020 and August 2021: here
2020
For a thorough summary of addiction-related COVID-19 studies from 2020, see the Addiction Journal Bibliography compilations .
Addiction Journal: Shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID‐19 pandemic: early indications from Australia
Addiction Journal: COVID‐19, smoking, vaping and quitting: a representative population survey in England
ADFAM: Families in Lockdown: The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the family and friends of someone with an alcohol, drug or gambling problem survey report
Alcohol and Alcoholism, Alcohol and COVID-19 editorial
Alcohol & Drug Foundation, Australia -‘ Changing your drinking habits’ find out about the six signs that home isolation could be impacting your drinking: click here
ASH Scotland Covid-19 and smoking research –a list of published articles on scientific research which includes information or data on smoking, nicotine and Covid-19.
Australian National University report ‘Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period’ shows Australians are drinking alcohol more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic than before
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (Canada) COVID-19 resources: click here
BMJ Global Health: YouTube as a source of information on COVID-19: a pandemic of misinformation?
BMJ Tobacco Control: COVID-19 and smoking: resources, research and news updated 9 Sept: click here
BMJ Tobacco Control: resources, research and news about COVID-19 and smoking, vaping and other tobacco products: click here
BJGP Open is rapidly publishing research and editorials on COVID-19, and will be collecting all articles here
Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS) ASHES Review Perceived risk, quit intentions, and quit attempts among cigar users during the COVID-19 pandemic
Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS) The WAGER, Vol. 25(8):– Gambling in the time of COVID-19: Mental health, substance use, and financial distress among high-risk online gamblers
Bristol Drugs Project: Researching During A Pandemic -working with the Universities of Bristol and Bath to find out how the Coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of people who inject drugs in Bristol.
Bristol Drugs Project COVID-19 Impact Report
Campaign for Social Science: Dr Hannah Carver and Dr Tessa Parkes, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling on how social science inspires researchers to create much needed system and service change for people who are homeless with substance use problems
Canadian Centre on Drug Use and Addiction: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Who Use Substances: What we have heard
Canadian Centre on Drug Use and Addiction (CCSA – in French & English): open versus closed: the risks associated with retail liquor stores during COVID-19: click here
Canadian Centre on Drug Use and Addiction (CCSA) report: COVID-19 and cannabis smoking and vaping: four things you should know: click here
Canadian Centre on Drug Use and Addiction (CCSA): changes related to COVID-19 in the illegal drug supply and access to services, and resulting health harms (CCENDU Alert)
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA): Boredom and Stress Drives Increased Alcohol Consumption during COVID-19: NANOS Poll Summary Report
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) University of Victoria: Liquor and lockdown: Alcohol consumption in BC increases during COVID-19
Center de recherche du Center hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM) Q&A: COVID-19 is worse for drug users
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada): COVID-19 pandemic adversely affecting mental health of women and people with children: Survey findings
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report :Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:1049–1057.
Cochrane Clinical Answers related to COVID-19 including CCAs (free) on effective options for quitting smoking during the pandemic: click here
Drink Wise Age Well: Addressing the needs of older adults receiving alcohol treatment during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: COVID-19 survey among people who use drugs in three cities in Norway: short communication
Drug and Alcohol Research Connections – May 2020 – latest news from NDARC, NDRI and NCETA, with a special COVID-19 focus in this issue7
Drug and Alcohol Review: The impact of nationwide alcohol ban during the COVID‐19 lockdown on alcohol use‐related internet searches and behaviour in India: An infodemiology study
DrugNet Ireland: Health Research Board Evidence brief on the response of drug services to Covid-19
Drugs and Me –Preliminary Survey Results how has drug use changed during the pandemic
EMCDDA: Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, drug use, drug-related harms and responses in south European Neighbourhood Policy countries report
EMCDDA: New psychoactive substances: global markets, glocal threats and the COVID-19 pandemic. An update from the EU Early Warning System
EMCDDA report: Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, drug use, drug-related harms and responses in east European Neighbourhood Policy countries
EMCDDA trendspotter briefing: Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, drug use, drug-related harms and responses in east European Neighbourhood Policy countries
EMCDDA special report: COVID-19 and drugs – drug supply via darknet markets: click here
EMCDDA COVID-19: New study highlights decline in stimulant drug use but some rises in the use of cannabis, alcohol and prescription medicines to combat anxiety and depression
EMCDDA Trendspotter briefing: impact of COVID-19 on patterns of drug use and drug-related harms in Europe
EUREKAlert : Analysis finds gaps in care in treating opioid use disorders during pandemic shutdowns Research
Faces and Voices of Recovery: UK Peer Led Covid 19 Impact Survey – findings
Fare Australia: family violence and alcohol during COVID-19
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) survey shows that 20% of Australians purchased more alcohol and 70% of them are drinking more alcohol than normal, with one third now using alcohol daily during the COVID-19 pandemic: click here
Frontiers in Psychiatry: Exercise and Use of Enhancement Drug at the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicultural Study on Coping Strategies During Self-Isolation and Related Risk
Frontiers in Psychiatry: Research Topic ‘Drug and Behavioral Addictions During Social-Distancing for the COVID-19 Pandemic’ series of eight papers.
Future of Personal Health: The Implications for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders during COVID-19 by Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA click here
GambleAware Report: The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on gambling behaviour, harms and demand for treatment and support
Gambling Commission : Gambling business data updated during COVID-19
Gambling Research Exchange Ontario: COVID-19 News and Emerging Research: resources
Global Drug Survey COVID-19 Special Edition: Key Findings Report
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime: When the Smoke Clears: The ban on tobacco products in South Africa during COVID-19
HRB Drugs Library Bulletin Dublin: The effects of COVID-19 on people experiencing mental ill-health, substance use disorder and homelessness or housing Insecurity in the Dublin region: a qualitative exploration
Health Research Board Library newsletter containing Irish and international resources on COVID-19: click here
House of Commons Nitrous Oxide: Coronavirus Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the change in the level of the use of nitrous oxide during the covid-19 outbreak.
Imperial College London: a report on the global impact of COVID-19: click here
INPUD COVID-19 Survey Report 1: Health & Rights of People who Use Drugs in a COVID-19 Environment
International Journal of Drug Policy: Why we should all be more careful in drawing conclusions about how COVID-19 is changing drug markets
International Journal of Drug Policy Special Issue: COVID-19 and the health of people who use drugs: What is and what could be?
Institute of Alcohol Studies: Alcohol consumption during the COVID19 lockdown: summary of emerging evidence from the UK
Institute of Alcohol Studies: Alcohol harms: a hidden pandemic in the age of COVID-19? 2nd briefing on alcohol consumption
Irish Journal Psychological Medicine: Addiction Psychiatry and COVID-19 – Impact on patients and service provision
JAMA Changes in Adult Alcohol Use and Consequences during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US Research Letter
JAMA Psychiatry: Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrests Observed by Emergency Medical Services during the US COVID-19 Epidemic: Research letter
JAMA Psychiatry Telehealth for Substance-Using Populations in the Age of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Recommendations to Enhance Adoption –Viewpoint
Journal of Addictive Diseases: The COVID-19 cannabis health study: Results from an epidemiologic assessment of adults who use cannabis for medicinal reasons in the United States
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Journal of Public Health: Clinical impact of COVID-19 on people with substance use disorders
Journal of Public Health -Threatening increase in alcohol consumption in physicians quarantined due to coronavirus outbreak in Poland: the ALCOVID survey
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among College Students Due to COVID-19: Effects of Campus Closure and Residential Change
La Trobe University: A timeline of alcohol-relevant restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic
London School of Economics: Illicit Drugs during Covid-19 -how has COVID-19 affected some of the most vulnerable people in society? | LSE Research
London School of Economics: Ireland’s innovative approach to supporting homeless and drug using populations during COVID-19 saved lives
NIDA Substance use disorders linked to COVID-19 susceptibility
NIDA Directors Blog ‘New Evidence on Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19 Susceptibility’
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West: Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic – findings from the LUCID-B study
National Association for Children of Alcoholics report: ‘Covid So Far, Lockdown and the Lost Children’ reports rise in calls from children whose parents have started to drink again in lockdown
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, research response to COVID-19: click here
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre: Impacts of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on people who use illicit stimulants in Australia: Preliminary findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System 2020
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Key findings from the ‘Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats’ (ADAPT) Study
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre: Key findings from the ‘Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats’ (ADAPT) Study Wave 2
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre: Have COVID-19 restrictions affected needle and syringe program transactions in Tasmania
Observatoire Français des Drogues et des Toxicomanies English summary of the 2nd OFDT-TREND bulletin examining changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures in France to practices of drug users, drug services and drug trafficking
Pharmaceuticals Journal: Substance use disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic Systematic review of vulnerabilities and complications
Population Health Management: The Opioid Epidemic within the COVID-19 Pandemic: Drug Testing in 2020
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry: Addictions in the COVID-19 era: Current evidence, future perspectives a comprehensive review (in press)
Public Health England (PHE): emerging evidence from China shows smokers with COVID-19 are 14 times more likely to develop severe respiratory disease: click here
PHE COVID-19: impact on STIs, HIV and viral hepatitis: PHE report assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prevention, testing, diagnosis and care for STIs, HIV and hepatitis in England
PHE: Wider Impacts of COVID-19 on Health (WICH) monitoring tool: PHE health intelligence teams are scoping metrics that will enable the monitoring of the indirect health impacts of COVID-19. Includes alcohol consumption, smoking and updated with behavioural Risk Factors – smoking quit attempts and methods to support quitting, from the Smoking Toolkit Study.
PHE Wider Impacts of COVID on Health (WICH) tool now includes data on gambling behaviour pre&post lockdown.
Qeios: ‘Smoking, vaping and hospitalization for COVID-19’: click here
Release: Impact of Coronavirus on Drug Purchases Survey
Release: COVID-19 & the impact on the drugs market – a network of people across the UK to provide information on what is going on in the drugs market in light of the Coronavirus.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: How has the pandemic influenced substance use among young people? Insight
Royal College of Psychiatrists: Addiction services not equipped to treat the 8 million people drinking at high risk during pandemic –press release
Russell Webster: Impact of coronavirus on drug use across Europe summary of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction trendspotter study on the impact of Covid-19 on drug consumption patterns and drug-related harms
St George’s University of London: Smoking and obesity identified to have causal link with susceptibility to severe COVID-19 and sepsis
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Longer time spent at home during COVID-19 pandemic is associated with binge drinking among US adults
The Conversation Australia : Pot, pills and the pandemic: how coronavirus is changing the way we use drugs
The Global Drug Survey (GDS) Special Edition report on COVID-19 highlights preliminary findings halfway through data collection. A complete report based on all data collected until June 20, 2020 follows in July | GDS, UK
The Lancet has created a COVID-19 resource centre. This resource brings together content from across The Lancet journals as it is published and is free to access: click here
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology -Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on alcohol consumption in patients with pre-existing alcohol use disorder
The Lancet Psychiatry: public health messaging and harm reduction in the time of COVID-19: click here
The Lancet Psychiatry: innovative strategies to support physical distancing among individuals with active addiction
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: Tobacco smoking and COVID-19 infection
The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network: Preliminary patterns in circumstances surrounding opioid-related deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic
Toxicology Reports: Nicotine and SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19 may be a disease of the nicotinic cholinergic system. Editorial
UK parliament: call for experts from the Knowledge Exchange Unit: click here
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): COVID-19, the science explained. This website will be regularly updated with the latest science information behind the COVID-19 outbreak: click here
UNODC Research Brief: COVID-19 and the drug supply chain: from production and trafficking to use
UNODC Research Brief COVID-19-related Trafficking of Medical Products as a Threat to Public Health
University College Cork researchers on ‘Why drug dealing and drug use will increase after Covid-19’
University College London study into the psychological and social effects of COVID-19: click here
University of Bristol & University of Bath: Treatment for drug addiction – how do patients cope in lockdown? press release
University of Cambridge Research News: One in three adults drank more alcohol during first lockdown
University of Glasgow MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit: Alcohol use increased during lockdown, but smoking declined – sharing evidence
University of Oxford researchers studying the effect of smoking, nicotine and vaping on COVID-19 severity inking primary and clinical data for the assessment of associations between smoking status and the severity of coronavirus disease
University of Monash: COVID-19: Pandemic alcohol use and mental health problems-findings
University New South Wales: Illicit drugs are harder to get and cost more since the coronavirus pandemic, says UNSW Sydney’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
University of Stirling: The impacts of COVID-19 on people who use drugs in Scotland: website
University of Queensland Research: COVID-19 cocktails: push for tighter alcohol advertising restrictions on social media
World Health Organisation (WHO) COVID-19 database – the latest scientific findings and knowledge on COVID-19. The global literature cited in the database is updated daily: click here
WHO and EMRO Q&A on tobacco, waterpipe and e-cigarette use in the context of COVID-19 (English and Arabic): click here
WHO Scientific Brief Smoking and COVID-19 click here
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