International Journal of Drug Policy

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Drug Policy is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Publisher's Note235
The social-structural contexts of cannabis consumption and harm reduction among young Nigerian women156
Shifting awareness among electronic dance music party attendees that drugs may contain fentanyl or other adulterants88
Enhancing equity-oriented care in psychedelic medicine: Utilizing the EQUIP framework81
Incarceration history, antiretroviral therapy, and stigma: A cross-sectional study of people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia68
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of take-home doses of opioid agonist therapy in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time-series analysis63
Opioid prescribing restrictions and opioid use among the Louisiana Medicaid population59
Doing more with less: A proposal to advance cigarette packaging regulations in the United States57
A matter of craving–An archeology of relapse prevention in Swedish addiction treatment56
Quasi-experimental study on the impact of local smoke-free policies on smoking among Indonesian adults: Evidence from repeated national health surveys55
The introduction of fentanyl on the US–Mexico border: An ethnographic account triangulated with drug checking data from Tijuana54
Social-spatial network structures among young urban and suburban persons who inject drugs in a large metropolitan area52
Editorial Board50
Opioid agonist therapy engagement and crystal methamphetamine use: The impact of unregulated opioid use in Vancouver, Canada50
Editorial Board48
Editorial Board48
Diversion of medications to treat opioid use disorder: Qualitative findings from formerly incarcerated adults in Massachusetts47
Bridging the gap: An environmental scan of post-overdose program features and evaluation measures46
Inconsistencies between national drug policy and professional beliefs about psychoactive drugs among psychiatrists in the United States46
Leveraging pooled medical examiner records to surveil complex and emerging patterns of polysubstance use in the United States44
‘Choice’ of social media platform or encrypted messaging app to buy and sell illegal drugs44
Identifying barriers and enablers to opt-out hepatitis C virus screening in provincial prisons in Quebec, Canada: A multilevel, multi-theory informed qualitative study with correctional and healthcare44
Editorial Board43
International property rights for Cannabis landraces and terroir products. The case of Moroccan Cannabis and hashish42
Older age at smoking initiation predicts successful cessation in adults who smoke: A prospective study42
A content analysis of cannabis edibles package marketing in the United States41
Medication for opioid use disorder treatment continuity post-release from jail: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providers41
Co-designing the INHSU Prisons Hepatitis C Advocacy Toolkit using the Advocacy Strategy Framework41
Associations of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positivity with opioid, stimulant, and polysubstance injection among people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural U.S. communities40
Trends in the use of cannabis products in Canada and the USA, 2018 – 2020: Findings from the International Cannabis Policy Study40
Likelihood of using a harm reduction vending machine among rural people who inject drugs in Appalachian Kentucky40
Increased solitary drug use during COVID-19: An unintended consequence of social distancing40
Putting tendencies and trajectories to work: useful tools for engaging with accounts of change and recovery?39
Changes in arrests following decriminalization of low-level drug possession in Oregon and Washington38
Speed and smoking kill: A time-varying survival analysis linking methamphetamine use, cigarette smoking, and mortality in sexual minority men38
Ethical justifications for safe supply interventions37
Cannabis reduction among adolescents as spillover from successful tobacco control36
Higher methadone dose at time of release from prison predicts linkage to maintenance treatment for people with HIV and opioid use disorder transitioning to the community in Malaysia36
Societal costs of illegal drug use in Sweden36
Hepatitis C treatment as prevention in the prison setting: Assessments of acceptability of treatment scale up efforts by prison correctional and health personnel35
The effectiveness of the communities that HEAL intervention on reducing non-fatal opioid overdoses: A prespecified secondary analysis of a waitlist cluster control randomized controlled trial35
Buprenorphine dispensing before and after the April 2021 X-Waiver exemptions: An interrupted time series analysis34
The impact of an easy access drug supply management policy law on the consumption and abuse of opioids in Catalonia: A population-based study34
Cannabis industry lobbying in the Colorado state legislature in fiscal years 2010–202134
Strategies for addressing needle debris: A scoping review of needle debris and discarded drug paraphernalia associated with substance use34
A readiness assessment for the prevention of alcohol-related harm in West Africa: A new methodological approach to inform practice and policy33
How do patient, pharmacist and medication characteristics and prescription drug monitoring program alerts influence pharmacists' decisions to dispense opioids? A randomised controlled factorial experi33
‘As for dignity and respect…. me bollix’: A human rights-based exploration of service user narratives in Irish methadone maintenance treatment32
Updates on syringe coverage and service uptake among needle and syringe programs in the United States, 2019–202032
The hammer and the nail: The triple lock of methods, realities and institutional contexts in Australian research on nightlife violence32
Applying a mutual capacity building model to inform peer provider programs in South Africa and the United States: A combined qualitative analysis32
Your diagnosis will not protect you (and neither will academia): Reckoning with education and Dis-Ease31
Psychosocial stress and methamphetamine use: A mixed-methods study of intersectional stigma and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander methamphetamine use31
Classic psychedelics in the treatment of substance use disorder: Potential synergies with twelve-step programs31
The harms of punishing substance use during pregnancy31
‘Pretty in Pink’ and ‘Girl Power’: An analysis of the targeting and representation of women in alcohol brand marketing on Facebook and Instagram30
Does cannabis testing in the military drive synthetic cannabinoid use? Self-reported use motivations among justice-involved veterans30
Transnational alcohol corporations in Nigeria as commercial determinants of health: Implications for policy30
The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids30
Playing at the edges, navigating sexual boundaries, and narrating sexual distress; Practices and perspectives of sexuality and gender diverse people who use GHB30
Declining prevalence of current HCV infection and increased treatment uptake among people who inject drugs: The ETHOS Engage study30
A stakeholder-driven framework for measuring potential change in the health risks of people who inject drugs (PWID) during the COVID-19 pandemic30
Stronger isn’t always better: Nalmefene in community overdose response and the false promise of quick-fix public health solutions29
Parenting and heavy substance use: From neutralization theory to actor-network theory to avoid stigmatizing participants29
Big business: The private sector market for image and performance enhancing drug harm reduction in the UK29
Does diverting minor drug offenders reduce recidivism? Cannabis cautioning in Australia29
Heavy burden of non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in San Francisco, 202228
COVID-19 economic impact payments and opioid overdose deaths28
Suboptimal uptake and placement of a mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning label in Australia28
How can communities influence alcohol licensing at a local level? Licensing officers’ perspectives of the barriers and facilitators to sustaining engagement in a volunteer-led alcohol harm reduction a28
Measuring drug policy evolution: A cross-country analysis28
Trends in young people accessing English alcohol treatment services: 2014 to 202328
Vaccination coverage among people who inject drugs: A systematic review28
Spotting as a risk mitigation method: A qualitative study comparing organization-based and informal methods27
Comparing police use of drug detection dogs amongst injecting and non-injecting groups of people who regularly use drugs in Australia27
Becoming a nitrous oxide user on social media: Learning to maximise pleasures and minimise harms27
Heavy episodic drinking and HIV disclosure by HIV treatment status among People with HIV in IeDEA Cameroon27
“What I should be doing is harm reduction, if I'm doing my job right”: Engagement with harm reduction principles among prosecutors enacting drug policy reform in the United States27
Co-located Heroin Assisted Treatment within primary care: A preliminary analysis of the implications for healthcare access, cost, and treatment delivery in the UK26
High levels of all-cause mortality among people who inject drugs from 2018 to 202226
Low daily oral PrEP adherence and low validity of self-report in a randomized trial among PWID in Ukraine26
Drug transactions and the dark web: Public perceptions of the locational setting of offenders and support for drug policy outcomes26
Do Australians use the prescription pathway when using nicotine vaping products to quit smoking?26
Has the treatment gap for opioid use disorder narrowed in the U.S.?: A yearly assessment from 2010 to 2019”25
Growing pains: A study of administrative burden and regulatory compliance in German Cannabis Cultivation Associations under the Cannabis Act25
An examination of the role of changes in country-level leisure time internet use and computer gaming on adolescent drinking in 33 European countries25
Reluctant risk-takers: how law enforcement practices at festivals can obstruct safer drug use25
Consent and violence amongst men in the context of sexualised drug use: A systematic scoping review25
Tackling the overdose crisis through unionization: A response to Rivera & Friedman (2024)24
From environmental disasters to emerging drugs; a framework to understand, map and assess drug-related early warning systems24
The impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on people with experience of homelessness: Qualitative study24
Editorial Board24
Editorial Board24
Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments24
2S/LGBTQ+ youth substance use and pathways to homelessness: A photovoice study24
Haven't I waited long enough? The role of wait times and subjective impairment in cannabis-related driving behavior24
Standard THC units: A tool to benchmark cannabis-related driving risks24
Slamsex as slow edgework: Sexualized drug use and harm reduction in post-AIDS Taiwan24
Implementing a peer-supported, integrated strategy for substance use disorder care in an outpatient infectious disease clinic is associated with improved patient outcomes23
The relationship between cryptomarket drug purchase, social networks and adverse drug events: A cross-sectional study23
“Harm per litre” as a concept and a measure in studying determinants of relations between alcohol consumption and harm23
Psychedelic discourses: A qualitative study of discussions in a Danish online forum23
Self-reported and measured adherence to hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral therapy and sustained virologic response among people who inject drugs: The HERO study23
Social and structural determinants of health associated with police violence victimization: A latent class analysis of female sex workers who use drugs in Kazakhstan23
Problematizing “patient stability” in opioid use disorder care: Flexible definitions, (in)flexible treatment23
Exploring trauma and wellbeing of people who use drugs after witnessing overdose: A qualitative study22
Editorial Board22
Public support for reinvesting resources from enforcing drug possession to health-promoting alternatives: A nationally representative poll of adults in the United States22
Minimum legal age laws and perceived access to cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and other substances among youth in Canada, England, and the United States: 2017-202122
Effectiveness and implementability of state-level naloxone access policies: Expert consensus from an online modified-Delphi process22
The intersection of substance use stigma and anti-Black racial stigma: A scoping review21
Countering the institutionalization of harm reduction through critical pragmatism21
Municipal socioeconomic environment and recreational cannabis use in Mexico: Analysis of two nationally representative surveys21
Recreational cannabis excise taxation in the USA: Constructing a comparable tax measure for empirical analysis21
Access and care for people with opioid use disorder in U.S. skilled nursing facilities: A policy commentary21
We are the researched, the researchers, and the discounted: The experiences of drug user activists as researchers21
Scapegoated communities, shared struggles: A call for solidarity with people who use drugs and queer and trans people21
Drug use typology, demographic covariates, and associations with condomless anal sex: A latent class analysis among a U.S. national cohort of men who have sex with men21
Naloxone cascade of care among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2020–202220
Stronger, longer, better opioid antagonists? Nalmefene is NOT a naloxone replacement20
The details of decriminalization: Designing a non-criminal response to the possession of drugs for personal use20
The benefits and challenges of virtual SMART recovery mutual-help groups: Participant and facilitator perspectives20
Interconnected influence: Unraveling purdue pharmaceutical's role in the global response to the opioid crisis20
Community-level determinants of stakeholder perceptions of community stigma toward people with opioid use disorders, harm reduction services and treatment in the HEALing Communities Study20
The success rate of online illicit drug transactions during a global pandemic20
Cannabis legalization and changes in cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use and co-use in a national cohort of U.S. adults during 2017–202120
Prevalence of comorbid substance use disorders among people with opioid use disorder: A systematic review & meta-analysis20
Women's experiences in injectable opioid agonist treatment programs in Vancouver, Canada19
Transitions to legal cannabis markets: Legal market capture of cannabis expenditures in Canada following federal cannabis legalization19
Drugs, guns, and violent crime in California19
Pre-implementation findings on the barriers and potential solutions to initiate same-day antiretroviral therapy among people who inject drugs in Malaysia19
Synergistic effects of exposure to multiple types of violence on non-fatal drug overdose among women who inject drugs in Indonesia19
Examining the association between trenbolone, psychological distress, and aggression among males who use anabolic-androgenic steroids19
The importance of PEOPLE who use drugs within drug policy reform debates: Findings from the UK Drug Policy Voices online survey19
Intersecting stigmas: How racial attitudes shape support for treatment and harm reduction for people who inject drugs19
Editorial Board19
Beyond the smoke: Historical analysis of the revenue implications of state cigarette tax policies, 1989 to 201919
Current regulations in context: Scraping Australia's online nitrous oxide market19
Exploring how an e-cigarette intervention influenced tobacco smoking behaviour in people accessing homelessness services: Findings from the SCeTCH trial process evaluation19
Appearance of 2-MMC and 3-MMC on the illicit drug market in the Netherlands: A systematic narrative review of the prevalence and risks19
The association between social capital and drug overdose mortality in the United States19
Through the wine glass: How biographical midlife transitions and women's affective interpretations interact with alcohol consumption19
Barriers and advocacy needs for hepatitis C services in prisons: Informing the prisons hepatitis C advocacy toolkit18
The impacts of COVID-19 on structural inequities faced by people living with HIV who inject drugs: A qualitative study in St. Petersburg, Russia18
Pharmacotherapies for cannabis use disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis18
‘Keeping a lid on it’: Exploring ‘problematisations’ of prescribed medication in prisons in the UK18
Characterizing changes in drug use behaviour following supply shortages of 5-MeO-DIPT, alkyl nitrites and new psychoactive substances among men living with HIV in Japan18
Editorial Board18
“It’s not just the hit itself”: the social practice of injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Australia18
Post-retirement enlightenment syndrome: Worthy of investigation18
Risky alcohol use and violence against women: cause or consequence?17
Decline in youth drinking in high-income settings: Implications for public health in low-income countries17
Beverage-specific consumption trends: A cross-country, cross-sectional comparison17
Corrigendum to “Sociological investigations of human enhancement drugs: The case of microdosing psychedelics” [International Journal of Drug Policy 95 (2021) 103099]17
Patients prefer free drug disposal options delivered by pharmacists at the point of care: Results of a decision tree analysis of a national factorial vignette panel survey17
A pilot implementation study to scale-up methadone in incarcerated persons with opioid use disorder and retain them on treatment after release in Moldova17
Editorial - Supporting the best quality science and the rights of people who use drugs regardless of global policy changes: Perspectives from the co-Editors in Chief of the International Journal of Dr17
The Baltic and Nordic responses to the first Taliban poppy ban: Implications for Europe & synthetic opioids today17
Adoption of methadone take home policy by U.S. state opioid treatment authorities during COVID-1917
Facilitating access to direct-acting antivirals in a community-based point-of-diagnosis model for hepatitis C treatment: The role of the pharmacy team in the no one waits (NOW) study16
Radical hospitality: Innovative programming to build community and meet the needs of people who use drugs at a government-sanctioned overdose prevention site in San Francisco, California16
Using a “Big Events” framework to understand emergency department use among women experiencing homelessness or housing instability in San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic16
Recovery as a minor practice16
Drug treatment and support service utilization amidst the COVID-19 pandemic among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, Maryland: An interrupted time-series analysis, 2015–202216
Decrease in provider stigma is associated with improved quality health indicators among individuals receiving methadone in primary care centers in Ukraine16
“It should be hard to be a drug abuser” An evaluation of the criminalization of drug use in Sweden16
System dynamics modeling to inform implementation of evidence-based prevention of opioid overdose and fatality: A state-level model from the New York HEALing Communities Study16
Availability and use of non-prescribed buprenorphine-naloxone in a Canadian setting, 2014–202015
Corrigendum to ‘Substances from unregulated drug markets – A retrospective data analysis of customer-provided samples from a decade of drug checking service in Zurich (Switzerland)’ [Volume 114, April15
Substances from unregulated drug markets – A retrospective data analysis of customer-provided samples from a decade of drug checking service in Zurich (Switzerland)15
“I've lost my children to vaping”: A frame analysis of the Australian media's construction of the “Youth vaping crisis”15
Changing Trends in Nonmedical Gabapentin Use Among a Cohort of Rural Appalachian People Who Use Drugs: A Longitudinal Study Over the Time Period of Scheduling Changes in Kentucky15
Trends in cannabis use among U.S. adults amid the COVID-19 pandemic15
An on-site community-based model for hepatitis C screening, diagnosis, and treatment among people who inject drugs in Kerman, Iran: The Rostam study15
A call for compassionate opioid overdose response15
Voices represented and voices silenced: Represented voices in the media coverage of the implementation of a supervised injecting facility15
Digital localisation in an illicit market space: interactional creation of a psychedelic assemblage in a darknet community of exchange15
96-week retention in treatment with extended-release subcutaneous buprenorphine depot injections among people with opioid dependence: Extended follow-up after a single-arm trial15
Anti-doping measures in gyms and fitness centres: A mapping of practices in the state parties of the council of Europe’s anti-doping convention15
Defining a public health approach to substance use: Perspectives from professionals and practitioners across Canada15
Association between fatal opioid overdose and state medical cannabis laws in US national survey data, 2000-201115
Monitoring for fentanyl within Australian supervised injecting facilities: Findings from feasibility testing of novel methods and collaborative workshops15
“There’s a lot of stereotypes going on”: A cross-national qualitative analysis of the place of gender in declining youth drinking15
Holding ‘new recovery’ together: Organising relations and forms of coordination in professional sociomaterial practices of addiction recovery15
Neutral attitude toward the utilization of psychedelic therapy for depression in the United Kingdom population15
Community-administered naloxone for overdose reversal: The role of sex worker-led programming and occupational violence in a community-based cohort (2018–2024)15
Simulating the impact of Addiction Consult Services in the context of drug supply contamination, hospitalizations, and drug-related mortality14
Association between U.S. state prenatal drug use laws and child welfare reporting in Alabama, Maryland and Utah14
Analysis of gaps in alcohol policies in Brazil using the Pan American Health Organization's Alcohol Policy Scoring14
The economic factors that determine smoking abstinence: a survival and mediation analysis14
‘Red Flags’ and ‘Red Tape’: Telehealth and pharmacy-level barriers to buprenorphine in the United States14
Impact of COVID-19 on the characteristics of opioid overdose deaths in Arkansas14
Drug policy goals in a changing landscape: Perspectives of practitioners in Japan14
Not just fentanyl: Understanding the complexities of the unregulated opioid supply through results from a drug checking service in British Columbia, Canada14
Volatile substances are an amorphous category, making it hard to build a comprehensive body of research14
Drug induced homicide laws may worsen opioid related harms: An example from rural North Carolina14
Can alcohol policy prevent harms to women and children from men's alcohol consumption? An overview of existing literature and suggested ways forward14
‘I just drink to feel abnormal for some time’: Reconfiguring heavy drinking and intoxication as pleasurable14
The role of gifts in building influence with politicians: Thematic analysis of interviews with current and former parliamentarians14
Public calls for service to the police: Trends before and during drug possession decriminalization in Oregon14
Factors associated with hepatitis C testing, treatment, and current hepatitis C infection among men and women who inject drugs: The ETHOS engage study13
From Anti-doping-I to Anti-doping-II: Toward a paradigm shift for doping prevention in sport13
Disentangling opioids-related overdose syndemics: a scoping review13
The Impact of Communicating the Benefits and Safety of Psilocybin on Policy Support: a Survey Based Experiment13
Addressing the complex substance use and mental health needs of people leaving prison: Insights from developing a national inventory of services in Canada13
Where to next? An exploration of ‘night-out’ location progression and propensity to experience violence in night -time entertainment precincts13
Long-term patterns of treatment use for opioid use disorder (OUD): Findings from the 18-20-year Australian Treatment Outcome Study13
‘I just thought that was the best thing for me to do at this point’: Exploring patient experiences with depot buprenorphine and their motivations to discontinue13
Like birds of a feather? A multi-case study on the connections between cannabis, tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceutical companies in legalized cannabis markets13
The effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in rural and remote populations: Systematic review and meta-analyses13
‘Some days I am a lunatic that thinks I can moderate’: Amalgamating recovery and neo-liberal discourses within accounts of non-drinking among women active in the ‘positive sobriety’ community on Insta13
Implementation of a multi-component alcohol policy in Ireland: A qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators to implementation13
Public transport access to drug treatment before and during COVID-19: Implications for the opioid epidemic13
Programmatic alcohol advertising, social media and public health: Algorithms, automated challenges to regulation, and the failure of public oversight13
Connecting patients notified with hepatitis C to treatment (CONNECT Study): A randomized controlled trial of active case management by a health department to support primary care practitioners13
Editorial Board13
Alcohol policy changes during the first three-months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Development and application of a classification scheme13
Policy actor views on structural vulnerability in harm reduction and policymaking for illegal drugs: A qualitative study13
Unpacking the differing understandings of “alcohol industry” in public health research13
Socio-ecological and pharmacy-level factors associated with buprenorphine stocking at pharmacies in New York City13
Factors associated with attending “open bar” parties amongst early adolescents13
Understanding the longitudinal relationship between substance use and violent victimization among street-based women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland13
A concept mapping study of service user design of safer supply as an alternative to the illicit drug market13
Using synthetic controls to estimate the population-level effects of Ontario's recently implemented overdose prevention sites and consumption and treatment services13
Creativity, care and ‘messy’ drug use: A collective history of the early days of peer-led needle exchange in Dunedin, New Zealand12
Are recreational cannabis laws associated with declining medical cannabis program enrollment in the U.S.? An analysis of cardholder enrollment and demographic characteristics from 2013 to 202012
Editorial Board12
Multilevel determinants of cannabis prices in legal markets: Evidence from products sold in nearly 4000 cannabis dispensaries in the United States12
‘What makes up wine o'clock? Understanding social practices involved in alcohol use among women aged 40–65 years in Australia12
Multidimensional assessment of access to medications for opioid use disorder across urban and rural communities: A scoping review12
“COVID just kind of opened a can of whoop-ass”: The rapid growth of safer supply prescribing during the pandemic documented through an environmental scan of addiction and harm reduction services in Ca12
Trends and correlates of naloxone possession and use among people who inject drugs in Seattle, Washington12
“Apparently, you can only be treated once”: A qualitative study exploring perceptions of hepatitis C and access to treatment among people who inject drugs visiting a needle and syringe program12
Sex-specific trends in patterns of tobacco and nicotine use among young people in Denmark from 2020 to 2023: A multigroup latent class analysis12
Psychomodulatory substances: New legislative framework for control of psychoactive substances in Czechia12
Stimulant-involved overdose deaths: Constructing dynamic hypotheses12
Exploring multiple drug use by integrating mobile health and qualitative mapping methods - An individual case study12
Editorial Board12
What can we learn from low-THC cannabis growers in Europe? A comparative transnational study of small-scale cannabis growers from Italy and Switzerland12
Out of pocket expenses: effect of fee-waivers on opioid prescribing and dispensing12
Safer supply programs: Discussions on medication diversion, sharing, and selling12
Hepatitis C incidence among patients attending primary care health services that specialise in the care of people who inject drugs, Victoria, Australia, 2009 to 202012
Unlocking deflection: The role of supervisor support in police officer willingness to refer people who inject drugs to harm reduction services12
Are dietary supplement users more likely to dope than non-users?: A systematic review and meta-analysis12
Using drugs alone in single room occupancy housing: Understanding environmental drivers of overdose risk12
A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services11
Reduction in substance use stigma following a peer-recovery specialist behavioral activation intervention11
Consensus recommendations for opioid agonist treatment following the introduction of emergency clinical guidelines in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national Delphi study11
Corrigendum to “Risky alcohol use and violence against women: cause or consequence?” [International Journal of Drug Policy 145 (2025) 104981]11
Pilot model of hepatitis C virus micro-elimination in high-risk populations in Hong Kong: Barriers and facilitators11
0.3359899520874