By Dr Vendula Belackova

Book Chapters

Belackova V; Rychert M; Wilkins C; Decorte T, 2022, 'Drug Social Clubs – the next social club generation?', in The Cannabis Social Club, Routledge, pp. 209 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003055679-11

Belackova V; Zabransky T, 2016, '"Friendly" marijuana markets in the Czech Republic and in the U. S. - drug policy outcomes and risks', in Friendly Business: International Views on Social Supply, Self-Supply and Small-Scale Drug Dealing, pp. 47 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10329-3_4

Journal articles

Ritter A; Bell J; Strang J; Ezard N; Rodgers C; Belackova V; Jauncey M; Siefried KJ; Roberts DM; van den Brink W; Lintzeris N; Dunlop A; Oviedo-Joekes E; Treloar C, 2025, 'Bridging the evidence and the politics: Implementation trial of supervised injectable opioid treatment (SIOT) in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104749

Wiessing L; Akartuna D; Antoine J; Banka-Cullen P; Barbaglia MG; Belackova V; Belbaisi SAS; Bernardini C; Bitri S; Blanken P; Carrieri P; Čelojević S; Comiskey C; Dacosta-Sánchez D; Dale L; Dom G; Fabricius V; Faria H; Fischer G; Fotopoulos D; Hijazi L; Ičanović D; Ignjatova L; Inić N; Jacobsen B; Jakavicius H; Janíková B; Javakhishvili JD; Kamendy Z; Kapitány-Fövény M; Karczewska R; Kiss A; Krasias A; Kyprianou E; Lamy D; Landsmane I; MacLeod K; Marchand K; Martinelli T; Millar T; Mravcik V; Mustafa NJY; Nikolovski B; Partanen M; Pedersen MU; Pericoli FM; Puhach O; Putkonen H; Razmadze M; Reifenstein R; Roux P; Schulte B; Schwarz T; Seabra P; Silva M; Skocibusic S; Sordo L; Špringelová D; Strada L; Stelmaszczyk B; Subata E; Terykh K; Thoma E; Torrens M; Tubelewicz P; Vanaga-Arāja D; Walley AY; Yiasemi I, 2025, 'The OPTIMUS International Consensus Guidance for Monitoring User-Reported Outcomes of Opioid Maintenance Treatment: a Delphi Study', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01426-6

Rodgers C; Siefried KJ; Ritter A; Belackova V; Treloar C; Jauncey M; Ezard N; Roberts D; Steele M; van den Brink W; Strang J; Oviedo-Joekes E; Lintzeris N; Dunlop AJ; Bell J, 2024, 'Implementation of time-limited parenteral hydromorphone in people with treatment-resistant injecting opioid use disorder: a protocol for a single-site, uncontrolled, open-label study to assess feasibility, safety and cost', BMJ Open, 14, pp. e082553, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082553

Wiessing L; Banka-Cullen P; Barbaglia MG; Belackova V; Belbaisi SAS; Blanken P; Carrieri P; Comiskey C; Dacosta-Sánchez D; Dom G; Fabricius V; Faria H; Ignjatova L; Inić N; Jacobsen B; Javakhishvili JD; Kamendy Z; Kapitány-Fövény M; Kiss A; Kyprianou E; Marchand K; Millar T; Mravcik V; Mustafa NJY; Nordt C; Partanen M; Pedersen MU; Putkonen H; Razmadze M; Roux P; Schulte B; Seabra P; Sordo L; Strada L; Subata E; Thoma E; Torrens M; Walley AY; Yiasemi I, 2024, 'Correction: Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment Outcomes—The OPTIMUS International Consensus Towards Evidence-Based and Patient-Centred Care, an Interim Report (International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, (2023), 10.1007/s11469-023-01213-9)', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01242-y

Belackova V; Rychert M; Wilkins C; Pardal M, 2023, 'Cannabis Social Clubs in Contemporary Legalization Reforms: Talking Consumption Sites and Social Justice', Clinical Therapeutics, 45, pp. 551 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2023.03.017

Wiessing L; Banka-Cullen P; Barbaglia MG; Belackova V; Belbaisi SAS; Blanken P; Carrieri P; Comiskey C; Dacosta-Sánchez D; Dom G; Fabricius V; Faria H; Ignjatova L; Inić N; Jacobsen B; Javakhishvili JD; Kamendy Z; Kapitány-Fövény M; Kiss A; Kyprianou E; Marchand K; Millar T; Mravcik V; Mustafa NJY; Nordt C; Partanen M; Pedersen MU; Putkonen H; Razmadze M; Roux P; Schulte B; Seabra P; Sordo L; Strada L; Subata E; Thoma E; Torrens M; Walley AY; Yiasemi I, 2023, 'Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment Outcomes—The OPTIMUS International Consensus Towards Evidence-Based and Patient-Centred Care, an Interim Report', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01213-9

Guarita B; Belackova V; van der Gouwe D; Blankers M; Pazitny M; Griffiths P, 2021, 'Monitoring drug trends in the digital environment–New methods, challenges and the opportunities provided by automated approaches', International Journal of Drug Policy, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103210

Nielsen S; Sanfilippo P; Belackova V; Day C; Silins E; Lintzeris N; Bruno R; Grebely J; Lancaster K; Ali R; Bell J; Dietze P; Degenhardt L; Farrell M; Larance B, 2021, 'Perceptions of injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) among people who regularly use opioids in Australia: findings from a cross-sectional study in three Australian cities', Addiction, 116, pp. 1482 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15297

Drapalova E; Belackova V; Cadet-Tairou A, 2020, 'How to ask about the use of new psychoactive substances to increase the validity of results in self-report prevalence surveys (vol 39, pg 278, 2020)', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 39, pp. 774 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13141

Belackova V; Salmon AM; Jauncey M; Day CA, 2020, 'Safer injecting facilities—is the research there? A comment on Caulkins et al. (2019)', Addiction, 115, pp. 784 - 785, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14885

Lefrancois E; Belackova V; Silins E; Latimer J; Jauncey M; Shimmon R; Mozaner Bordin D; Augsburger M; Esseiva P; Roux C; Morelato M, 2020, 'Substances injected at the Sydney supervised injecting facility: A chemical analysis of used injecting equipment and comparison with self-reported drug type', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107909

Belackova V, 2020, '“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Weed”: How Consumers in Four Different Policy Settings Define the Quality of Illicit Cannabis', Contemporary Drug Problems, 47, pp. 43 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091450919897658

Drapalova E; Belackova V; Cadet-Taïrou A, 2020, 'How to ask about the use of new psychoactive substances to increase the validity of results in self-report prevalence surveys', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 278 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13036

Belackova V; Salmon AM; Jauncey M; Bell J, 2019, 'Learning from the past, looking to the future - Is there a place for injectable opioid treatment among Australia's responses to opioid misuse?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 71, pp. 164 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.01.026

Belackova V; Roubalova (Stefunkova) M; van de Ven K, 2019, 'Overview of “home” cultivation policies and the case for community-based cannabis supply', International Journal of Drug Policy, 71, pp. 36 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.05.021

Drapalova E; Belackova V; Calado D; Van Dongen A; Paneva I; Pavarin R; Polidori E; Grund JP, 2019, 'Early Identification of Locally Emerging Trends in Psychoactive Substance Use–Experience and Best Practice in Four European Localities', Substance Use and Misuse, 54, pp. 1633 - 1645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2019.1600146

Belackova V; Silins E; Salmon AM; Jauncey M; Day CA, 2019, 'Beyond safer injecting—health and social needs and acceptance of support among clients of a supervised injecting facility', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16112032

Belackova V; Salmon AM; Day CA; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Hedrich D; Kerr T; Jauncey M, 2019, 'Drug consumption rooms: A systematic review of evaluation methodologies', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 406 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12919

Belackova V; Brandnerova M; Vechet D, 2018, 'How Close to the “Honeypot?”: A Comparative Analysis of Cannabis Markets Under Two Different Policies Toward Personal Cultivation', International Criminal Justice Review, 28, pp. 206 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1057567717744857

Bell J; Belackova V; Lintzeris N, 2018, 'Supervised Injectable Opioid Treatment for the Management of Opioid Dependence', Drugs, 78, pp. 1339 - 1352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40265-018-0962-y

Coomber R; Moyle L; Belackova V; Decorte T; Hakkarainen P; Hathaway A; Laidler KJ; Lenton S; Murphy S; Scott J; Stefunkova M; van de Ven K; Vlaemynck M; Werse B, 2018, 'The burgeoning recognition and accommodation of the social supply of drugs in international criminal justice systems: An eleven-nation comparative overview', International Journal of Drug Policy, 58, pp. 93 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.05.010

Belackova V; Wilkins C, 2018, 'Consumer agency in cannabis supply – Exploring auto-regulatory documents of the cannabis social clubs in Spain', International Journal of Drug Policy, 54, pp. 26 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.018

Belackova V; Pazitny M; Drapalova E; Martinez M; van der Gouwe D; Begley E; Kidawa M; Tomkova A; Kmetonynova D, 2018, 'Assessing the impact of laws controlling the online availability of 25I-NBOMe, AH-7921, MDPV and MXE–outcomes of a semi-automated e-shop monitoring', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 25, pp. 109 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1275526

Belackova V; Stefunkova M, 2018, 'Interpreting the Czech drug decriminalization: The glass is half full – Response to Cerveny, J., Chomynova, P., Mravcik, V., & van Ours, J.C. (2017). Cannabis decriminalization and the age of onset of cannabis use', International Journal of Drug Policy, 52, pp. 102 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.10.010

Belackova V; Shanahan M; Ritter A, 2018, 'Mapping regulatory models for medicinal cannabis: A matrix of options', Australian Health Review, 42, pp. 403 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH16257

Belackova V; Salmon AM; Schatz E; Jauncey M, 2018, 'Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) as a setting to address hepatitis C - findings from an international online survey.', Hepatol Med Policy, 3, pp. 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41124-018-0035-6

Belackova V; Vacek J; Janikova B; Mravcik V; Zabransky T; Ivanovova L; Csemy L, 2017, '“Just another drug” for marginalized users: The risks of using synthetic cathinones among NSP clients in the Czech Republic', Journal of Substance Use, 22, pp. 567 - 573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2016.1271034

Belackova V; Janikova B; Vacek J; Fidesova H; Miovsky M, 2017, '“It can’t happen to me”: Alcohol drinkers on the 2012 outbreak of methanol poisonings and the subsequent prohibition in the Czech Republic', NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 34, pp. 385 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072517733597

Brunt TM; Atkinson AM; Nefau T; Martinez M; Lahaie E; Malzcewski A; Pazitny M; Belackova V; Brandt SD, 2017, 'Online test purchased new psychoactive substances in 5 different European countries: A snapshot study of chemical composition and price', International Journal of Drug Policy, 44, pp. 105 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.03.006

Wiessing L; Ferri M; Běláčková V; Carrieri P; Friedman SR; Folch C; Dolan K; Galvin B; Vickerman P; Lazarus JV; Mravčík V; Kretzschmar M; Sypsa V; Sarasa-Renedo A; Uusküla A; Paraskevis D; Mendão L; Rossi D; van Gelder N; Mitcheson L; Paoli L; Gomez CD; Milhet M; Dascalu N; Knight J; Hay G; Kalamara E; Simon R; Comiskey C; Rossi C; Griffiths P; Molinaro S; Franchini M; Siciliano V; Benedetti E; Perduca M; Ylli A; Anta GB; Bravo Portela MJ; Indave I; Rácz J; Zábranskỳ T; Štefunková M; Dávila PF; Salekesin M; Vorobjov S; Dan M; Fierbinteanu C; Popescu D; Verdes L; Abagiu AO; Hatzakis A; Moudatsou M; Antypas T; Cadet-Tairou A; Collins AM; Liddell D; Belackova V, 2017, 'Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: A consensus study', Harm Reduction Journal, 14, pp. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-017-0141-6

Belackova V; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Hughes CE, 2017, 'Assessing the concordance between illicit drug laws on the books and drug law enforcement: Comparison of three states on the continuum from “decriminalised” to “punitive”', International Journal of Drug Policy, 41, pp. 148 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.013

M. Salmon A; Belackova V; Schwanz RS; Jauncey M; Hiley S; Demirkol A, 2017, 'Homelessness among clients of Sydney’s supervised injecting facility', Drugs and Alcohol Today, 17, pp. 258 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DAT-06-2017-0026

Belackova V; Tomkova A; Zabransky T, 2016, 'Qualitative research in Spanish cannabis social clubs: “The moment you enter the door, you are minimising the risks”', International Journal of Drug Policy, 34, pp. 49 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.04.009

Belackova V; Maalsté N; Zabransky T; Grund JP, 2016, 'Corrigendum to "'Should I Buy or Should I Grow?" How drug policy institutions and drug market transaction costs shape the decision to self-supply with cannabis in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic' [Int. J. Drug Policy 26 (2015) 296-310] DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.12.002', International Journal of Drug Policy, 29, pp. 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.01.018

Drápalová E; Grund JPC; Běláčková V, 2016, 'Evaluating potential hazards of new trends in psychoactive substance use, literature review of “risk assessment” procedures', Adiktologie, 16, pp. 145 - 154

Drápalová E; Běláčková V, 2016, 'Monitoring of discussion forums on new psychoactive substances in the Czech Republic, content and trends', Adiktologie, 16, pp. 131 - 142

Mravčík V; Grohmannová K; Štefunková M; Běláčková V; Zábranský T, 2016, 'Narcotic and psychotropic substances are …, a proposal for a legal definition of illicit drugs in the Czech Republic', Adiktologie, 16, pp. 157 - 164

Grohmannová K; Kmetonyová D; Štefunková M; Běláčková V; Zábranský T; Mravčík V, 2016, 'Online sales of new synthetic drugs in the Czech Republic in 2015', Adiktologie, 16, pp. 121 - 128

Otte R; Běláčková V; Schoenmakers A; Grund JPC, 2016, 'The local PASS toolkit: A local approach towards the reduction of psychoactive substance use', Adiktologie, 16, pp. 167 - 171

Běláčková V; Janíková B; Tomková A; Vacek J; Zábranský T; Mravčík V; Csémy L, 2016, 'The use of new synthetic drugs among problem drug users, prevalence, patterns of use, and related risks as a challenge for harm reduction programmes in the Czech Republic', Adiktologie, 16, pp. 107 - 119

Miovsky M; Miller PM; Grund JPC; Belackova V; Gabrhelik R; Libra J, 2015, 'Academic education in addictology (addiction science) in the Czech Republic: Analysis of the (pre-1989) historical origins', NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 32, pp. 527 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nsad-2015-0050

Mravčík V; Běláčková V; Grohmannová K; Zábranský T, 2015, 'New psychoactive substances and their prevalence in the Czech Republic', Casopis Lekaru Ceskych, 154, pp. 216 - 221

Belackova V; Maalsté N; Zabransky T; Grund JP, 2015, '"Should I Buy or Should I Grow?" How drug policy institutions and drug market transaction costs shape the decision to self-supply with cannabis in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 296 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.12.002

Miovsky M; Zima T; Popov P; Fidesova H; Vacek J; Belackova V; Janikova B; Trapencieris M; Snikere S; Pulmanis T; Razvodovsky Y; Toteva S; Zhenkov V; Razvodovsky Y, 2013, 'O5 * FREE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 5: ALCOHOL-RELATED SOCIETY AND POLICY CHANGES IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES', Alcohol and Alcoholism, 48, pp. i38 - i39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agt097

Conference Papers

Day C; Belackova V; Salmon AM; Jauncey ME, 2017, '1,000,000 MILLION INJECTIONS AT THE UNITING MEDICALLY SUPERVISED INJECTING CENTRE, SYDNEY: REFLECTIONS AND REPERCUSSIONS', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. 8 - 8, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000424000500013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Belackova V; Salmon AM; Schatz E; Jauncey ME, 2017, 'DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS AS A SPACE TO INCREASE HEPATITIS C VIRUS TREATMENT COVERAGE: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. 8 - 9, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000424000500016&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Schwanz RS; Salmon AM; Belackova V; Jauncey ME; Hiley S; Demirkol A, 2017, 'INCREASING RATES OF HOMELESSNESS AMONG CLIENTS OF THE UNITING MEDICALLY SUPERVISED INJECTING CENTRE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. 8 - 8, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000424000500014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Abstracts

Lefrancois E; Morelato M; Belackova V; Silins E; Latimer J; Jauncey M; Augsburger M; Esseiva P; Roux C, 2019, 'IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE OF DRUG USAGE THROUGH LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF USED INJECTING PARAPHERNALIA AT THE SYDNEY SUPERVISED INJECTING FACILITY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 38, pp. S64 - S65, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000494890100162&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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