OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Drugs-Education Prevention and Policy is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A continuum model of alcohol use and problems can advance public health goals without undermining treatment agendas. Reply to commentaries	27
Tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in popular UK soap operas: a content analysis to explore changes in social norms and scene location	25
Is start time a risk factor for amounts consumed on a given day if drinking duration is taken into account? An event-level study	23
“They’re doing it anyway, let’s have a conversation about it”: exploring student and stakeholder attitudes towards drug education programmes for university students	21
Accounts of children’s experiences of living with a heavy-drinking parent: a qualitative study	20
#Detty December: examining corporate alcohol sponsorships and social media activities in Nigeria	19
Exploring hidden risks and empowerment in women’s acquisition of medicinal cannabis from illegal markets: a qualitative study	19
Just have this come from their prescription pad: the medicalization of safer supply from the perspectives of health planners in BC, Canada	18
Prevalence and associated factors of binge drinking among high school students in Acapulco, Mexico: a cross-sectional study	15
Police officer perceptions towards drug liberalization policies in the context of an overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada	13
Media constructions of an illegal drug: the link between cannabis and organized crime in Swedish newspapers	12
Diversion or death? The moral framework shaping bifurcated punishments for drug offences in Indonesia	11
From violent to vulnerable? How door staff police illicit drugs in the United Kingdom’s night-time economy	10
Accurate yet problematic: the divided sentiments regarding brain-based addiction by professionals in the Finnish service system	10
Risk versus pleasure: understanding changing attitudes of non- and light-drinking young people as they age	9
Characterizing subjective and objective effects following cannabis use on cognition and driving: a systematic review	9
User perspectives on outreach opioid substitution treatment among street-entrenched people who use drugs in Denmark	9
‘I crave not to feel uncomfortable’ – investigating craving for opioids and cannabis among individuals with chronic pain	9
Music festival attendees’ transport mode and beliefs about alcohol and illicit drug use before driving in Victoria, Australia	9
“Like the first time, all over again”: sex, relationships, and risk for relapse to substance use after release from prison	8
Critically explaining British policy responses to novel psychoactive substances using the policy constellations framework	8
Reinforcing the abstinence ideal: criminal justice developments	7
“It has some major knock-on effects”: ambulance clinicians’ experiences of attending alcohol-related call-outs and perceived impact on the Scottish ambulance service (IMPAACT study)	7
Exploring the process of care for people who inject drugs in hospital settings	7
‘Involuntary treatment’ for severe substance use disorders (SUDs). An overview of key issues, experiences and outcomes for consideration in policy development in Canada	7

Exploring women’s intentions to seek medicinal cannabis prescriptions in New Zealand using the theory of planned behaviour	6
Evaluating the impact of an on-site drug testing facility providing real-time drug alerts upon first-aid presentations at a Belgian festival	6
“I knew it was different there”: a qualitative study of the motivations and risks of drug policy migrants going to Denmark from Sweden	6
Expected and actual responses to minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol of people drinking at harmful levels in Scotland	5
What can we know about legal minors who inject drugs? Exploring register data in three high-income countries	5
Stakeholders’ opportunities and attempts to influence drug policy in Sweden	5
‘We are the first responders’: overdose response experiences and perspectives among peers in British Columbia	5
Recovering assemblages: unfolding sociomaterial relations of drug use and recovery	5
Drug market risk environment and navigational strategies of street-level dealers in Nigeria	5
Race/ethnicity and contexts: associations of racial/ethnic discrimination with underage youth’s alcohol use and drinking contexts	5
Substance use among deaf and hard of hearing individuals: a scoping review of prevalence and patterns	4
Perspectives of community leaders/members on factors hindering alcohol regulation in Nigeria	4
Drinking occasion types and their connection to intoxication in different generations in Finland in 2023 and 2008	4
Substance use, end-of-life care and multiple deprivation: practice and research, Substance use, end-of-life care and multiple deprivation: practice and research , by Gar	4
Effects on secondary outcomes of the Brazilian version of the European unplugged drug use prevention program: drug knowledge, intention predictors, and life skill competencies	4
Law, drugs and the politics of childhood: from protection to punishment	4
Accessing drug treatment programs in Atlantic Canada: the experiences of people who use substances	4
Initial evidence for a culturally adapted opioid overdose harm reduction intervention	4
Correction	4
Values in drug policy documents: applying Schwartz’s values theory to the report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’ (NSW)	4
Drug policy	4
The experiences of family members attending an online addiction education program: a qualitative study	4
Inadequate needle and syringe coverage among people who inject psychoactive drugs across England and Wales	4
Challenges recruiting men with a desire to cease anabolic-androgenic steroid use to a pilot involving hormone therapy intervention	4
Reconfiguring Drinking Cultures, Gender, and Transgressive Selves	4
Physicians’ attitudes towards medical cannabis: a survey from Uruguay	3
Characteristics of affected family members seeking treatment in their own right: a secondary analysis of existing Irish health data for 2010–2020	3
Liberal moralities and drug policy reform	3
Qualitative study of patients’ decisions to initiate injectable depot buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: the role of information and other factors	3
Exploring public preferences for limiting or expanding harm reduction policies in Florida, USA	3
Patterns of opioid misuse initiation among African-Americans	3
Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector	3
Procedural fairness and perceived legitimacy and justice of anti-doping proceedings: a mixed Methods International Study	3
“It’s called homophobia baby” exploring LGBTQ + substance use and treatment experiences in the UK	3
Greenspace programs and recovery from substance use and mental health challenges: evaluating nature-based interventions through the lens of recovery capital	3
Personal strengths and resources that people use in their recovery from persistent substance use disorder	3
User perceptions of long-term costs and benefits of MDMA use: findings from a large online sample	3
Beyond a spoiled identity: Destigmatization through everyday interactions in heroin-assisted treatment	3
The role of UK alcohol and drug (AOD) nurses in a changing workforce	3
Relational hope and despair: heroin-assisted treatment as experienced by the patients’ family members	3
Stigma and alcohol use disorder: Insights from a qualitative study with patients, family members and health care providers	3
From denial to pregnancy and motherhood to 'gender informed'? Women and Ireland's alcohol and drug strategies, 1996-2025	3
Identifying innovative approaches to the temporal availability of alcohol in Great Britain—a policy analysis	3
‘ They just kind of disappeared’: characterizing social network changes and their influence on substance use among people who inject drugs during a pandemic	3
Alcohol industry discourses about LGBTQ+ communities: genuine allies or partners for profit?	3
Drug use and unsafe injection among adults who live in prisons in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Family relationships with someone who uses methamphetamine: interviews with various family members	3
Exploring public preferences for alcohol risk communication	3
Developing a realist theory of community-based residential substance use treatment	3
Cannabis criminology: inequality, coercion, and illusions of reform	3

Patient satisfaction with long-acting injectable buprenorphine: What needs to be measured from the patient’s perspective?