Publications

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Lloyd C and Hunt N (Editorial submitted to IJDP) ‘A rational and overdue extension to the harm reduction policy…in the UK’: an Independent Working Group’s attempt to inject some evidence into the Drug Consumption Room debate.

Hunt N, Lloyd, C, Kimber J and Tompkins C (submitted to IJDP) Public injecting among UK needle and syringe programme (NSP) attenders

McSweeney T, Stevens A, Hunt N and Turnbull PJ (submitted) Twisting arms or a helping hand?: Assessing the impact of ‘coerced’ and comparable ‘voluntary’ drug treatment options.

McSweeney T, Stevens A, Hunt N and Turnbull PJ (submitted) Promoting and monitoring compliance with court-ordered drug treatment: the uses and limitations of drug testing and court review hearings.

Hickman M, Carrivick S, Paterson S, Hunt N, Griffiths C, Zador D, Cusick L , Henry J (submitted) London Audit of Drug Related Overdose Deaths: characteristics and typology, and implications for prevention and monitoring.

Stevens A, Berto D, Frick U, Hunt N, Kerschl V, McSweeney T, Oeuvray K, Schaaf S, Trinkl B, Unchtenhagen A, Werdenich W (submitted to European Addiction Research) The relationship between legal status, perceived pressure and motivation in treatment for drug dependence: results from a European study of quasi-compulsory treatment.

McCambridge J, Winstock A, Hunt N and Mitcheson L 5-year trends in use of hallucinogens and other adjunct drugs among U.K. dance drug users. European Addiction Research (in press)

Marsden J, Stillwell G, Barlow H, Boys A, Taylor C, Hunt N and Farrell M (2006) A controlled trial of motivational interviewing with young ecstasy and cocaine users: no effect on substance and alcohol use outcomes. Addiction. 101: 1014-1026.

Rhodes T, Stoneman A, Hope V, Hunt N, Martin A, Judd A (2006) Groin injecting in the context of crack cocaine and homelessness: From ‘risk boundary’ to ‘acceptable risk’? The International Journal of Drug Policy.17: 164-170.

McCambridge J, Mitcheson L, Hunt N and Winstock A. (2006) The rise of Viagra among British illicit drug users: 5-year survey data. Drug and Alcohol Review. 25: 111-113.

Hunt N (2005) Coercing change: balancing rights, justice and health. Drugs and Alcohol Today. 5 (3): 28-33.

McCambridge J, Mitcheson, Winstock A and L Hunt N (2005) Five-year trends in patterns of drug use among people who use stimulants in dance contexts in the United Kingdom. Addiction. 100: 1140-1149.

McCambridge J, Hunt N, Winstock A and Mitcheson L (2005) Has there been a decline in the prevalence of cannabis use among British nightclubbers? Five-year survey data. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 12, 2: 167-169.

Hunt N (2005) Public health or human rights? Author’s rejoinder to responses. The International Journal of Drug Policy.

Hunt N (2004) Public health or human rights: what comes first? The International Journal of Drug Policy. 15: 231-237.

Hunt N, Stevens A W (2004) Whose harm? Harm reduction and the shift to coercion in UK drug policy. Social Policy and Society. 3,4: 333-342.

Hunt N (2001) Reasoning and restricted choices within recreational drug repertoires. The International Journal of Drug Policy. 12, 5-6: 425-428

Hunt N (2001) The importance of clearly communicating the essence of harm reduction. The International Journal of Drug Policy. 12: 35-36.

Hunt N and Ashenhurst A (2000) Drug use, mental health and social exclusion: cause, effect and what we can do about it. Mental Health Care. 4, 1: 18-21.

Griffiths P, Vingoe, L Hunt N, Mounteney J and Hartnoll R (2000) Drug information systems, early warning and new drug trends: Can drug monitoring systems become more sensitive to emerging trends in drug consumption? Substance Use and Misuse. 35, 6-8: 811-844.

Hunt, N, Griffiths P, Southwell M, Stillwell G, and Strang J (1999) Preventing and curtailing injecting drug use: opportunities for developing and delivering ‘route transition interventions’. Drug and Alcohol Review. 18, 4: 441-451.

Stillwell G, Hunt N Taylor C & Griffiths P (1999) The modelling of injecting behaviour and initiation into injecting. Addiction Research 7(5): 447-459.

Hunt N, Stillwell G, Taylor C & Griffiths P (1998) Evaluation of a brief intervention to reduce initiation into injecting. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 5, 2: 185-193.

Hunt N (1997) Risk of needlestick injuries to injecting drug users. Addiction 92, (2): 219-220.

Hunt N, Jones K and Shelley H (1993) What happens when Ecstasy is injected? International Journal of Drug Policy, 4, (3), pp. 161-162.

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Reports and reviews

Contributing author (2006) The Report of the Independent Working Group on Drug Consumption Rooms. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Hunt N (2006) Indicators of the need for drug consumption rooms in the UK. Independent Working Group on Drug Consumption Rooms. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Hunt N (2006) The evaluation literature on drug consumption rooms. Independent Working Group on Drug Consumption Rooms. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Hunt N (2006) An overview of models of delivery of drug consumption rooms. Independent Working Group on Drug Consumption Rooms. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Hunt N, Lenton S and Witton J (2006) Cannabis and mental health: responses to the emerging evidence. KCA/Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme. Report 8.

Hunt N, Trace M and Bewley-Taylor D (2005) Reducing drug-related harms to health: a global overview of the evidence. London: Beckley Foundation.

Hunt N and Stevens A (2005) One-to-one interventions for young people: overview of available evidence. A report for Kent Drug and Alcohol Action Team. EISS, University of Kent.

Stillwell G, Hunt N and Preston A (2005) A Survey of Drug Route Transitions
among Non-injecting and Injecting Heroin Users in South Eastern Europe. Romania: Population Services International.

Hunt, N, Ashton, M, Lenton S, Mitcheson L, Nelles B, Stimson G (2003) A review of the evidence-base for harm reduction approaches to drug use. London: Forward Thinking on Drugs.

John Howard, Neil Hunt and Anthony Arcuri (2003) A situation assessment and review of the evidence for interventions for the prevention of HIV/AIDS among Occasional, Experimental and Young Injecting Drug Users. Background Paper prepared for: UN Interagency and CEEHRN Technical Consultation on Occasional, Experimental and Young IDUs in the CEE/CIS and Baltics. Geneva: UNICEF

 

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