Cannabis use is often discussed as if it were a single and relatively stable behavior. However, in reality, people who use cannabis can differ substantially in what they use, how often they use it, th...

More than one in ten adults in Sweden has someone close to them with a gambling problem. Two new Swedish studies show that these affected others are more likely to experience mental distress, alcohol-...

For the first time, people who were part of Copenhagen's largest drug scene tell its history in their own words. A new research project at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus University...

En nyligen försvarad avhandling vid Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap vid Stockholms universitet sätter fokus på aktörer och organisationer verksamma inom det narkotikapolitiska området, såsom mynd...

This summer, Finland took another step away from the traditional Nordic model of alcohol control. Through a series of reforms, alcohol has gradually become easier to buy, putting Finland on a differen...

Veera Kankainen och Tuukka Tammi deltog i ”Mobilization on Human Rights and Drug Policy Conference” i Oslo i april 2026. I denna artikel sammanfattar de några av konferensens viktigaste diskussioner o...

How much nicotine do different products really deliver? In this PopNAD article Otto Ruokolainen, THL, breaks down a recently published Finnish study on cotinine - a chemical formed when the body proce...

As Finland prepares to dismantle the state monopoly of Veikkaus, the Åland Islands gambling company Paf will be one of the last online gambling monopolies in the EU. CEO Christer Fahlstedt says disman...

Alcohol policy in Finland has long been shaped by a balancing act between public health concerns and pressures for market liberalization. Over the past decades, incremental reforms have increased alco...

Who buys alcohol straight from Swedish producers? In this article, Björn Trolldal (CAN) presents findings from a new study based on national survey data, offering a first look at consumer characterist...

Ketamine is undergoing a quiet but clear shift across the Nordic region. Once confined to specialized medical settings, it is now increasingly visible in nightlife, youth culture, polysubstance enviro...

In her doctoral dissertation, historian PhD Pirjo Ovaskainen studied how three Finnish cities - Tampere, Kuopio, and Jyväskylä - adapted to the post-Prohibition era between 1932 and 1939. Ovaskainen c...

Icelandic sports have long promoted healthy lifestyles, but alcohol is now appearing in the stands. In this article Árni Einarsson, executive director of Fræðsla og forvarnir (Education and Prevention...

Det nordiska samarbetet handlar ofta om visioner och strategidokument – men verkligheten kräver mer. Matilda Hellman blickar tillbaka på hur nordiska forskningsprojekt under den senare hälften av 1900...

Unga i Sverige köper i dag alkohol via Snapchat och Instagram. Ett forskningsprojekt vid Institutionen för kriminologi vid Malmö universitet har intervjuat både köpare och säljare. Studien, som nylige...

The Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines (LRGGs) have now been launched in Finland! This article explains how the Canadian LRGGs were adapted to fit the Finnish context. It highlights the adaptation process...

I Sverige har socialtjänsten det huvudsakliga ansvaret för att ge stöd till vuxna anhöriga till personer med substansbruksproblem. Hur stödet utformas påverkas av hur de professionella som erbjuder de...

Den globala alkoholindustrins försök att påverka forskning och politik är väl belagda. I Norden har vi statliga monopol som Systembolaget, som finansierar forskning. Hur går det ihop med kraven på obe...

This article draws on data from CAN’s annual national school survey, conducted among students in grade 9 and in the second year of upper-secondary school. The primary purpose of the survey is to monit...

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When does alcohol use become harmful for the individual, and who bears responsibility when use turns into risk? The same scientific evidence ought to lead to the same results. Yet a review of national...

Tillgången till svenskspråkigt rusmedelsförebyggande arbete i Finland är mer än en fråga om språk – det handlar om jämlikhet och barns och ungas välmående. Trots lagstadgad rätt till service på svensk...

Omfattningen av svenska kommuners alkoholpreventiva arbete formas mer av kommunens politiska styre och demografi än av resurser och faktisk problemnivå. Det framkommer i en ny studie publicerad i NAD.

This article examines how alcohol and cannabis use among young people in Norway has changed in recent years, based on new analyses from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI). Drawing on data ...

As a new year begins, aspirations fill the air, with new goals, new habits, and new ways of becoming slightly better than before. Against this backdrop, the alcohol-policy ambitions in Sweden and Finl...

Finland will partially dismantle its gambling monopoly system in 2027, allowing private operators to offer and market sports betting and online casino products. A recent representative population stud...

A generation that drinks less but still drink when traditions say so. This article explores how young Swedes today engage with alcohol, highlighting both long-standing traditions and the ways drinking...

Maria Renström rapporterar om ny forskning från IARC, den internationella byrån för cancerforskning inom WHO, som visar att ingen mängd alkohol är helt riskfri i relation till cancer. Studierna lyfter...

In Denmark, the scope of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) method has recently been broadened, from being applied mainly for people living with severe psychiatric diagnoses and unemployment, ...

Remote work has increased significantly since the years before the pandemic, raising questions about its impact on employees’ drinking habits, as alcohol policies are harder to monitor outside the wor...

“Open drug scenes” are public spaces where people with drug-related challenges, typically in vulnerable situations, gather, and where drug use and drug dealing occur visibly. These areas often generat...

I slutet av oktober 2025 enades det danska Folketinget kring skärpta regler för spelreklam. Reformen “Spilpakke 1” kommer inte en dag för tidigt, menar man vid Center for Ludomani (Centret för spelber...

With immense sorrow, we received the news in August that the leading figure of the NAD-journal, Kerstin Stenius, had passed away.

💡 Nordic news and headlines: 🔹Community centres across Iceland report a sharp increase in teenage drinking over the past two years, contrasting with earlier school-based surveys that showed stable or...

Copenhagen and Malmö are separated by only a few kilometers, connected by the Øresund Bridge. Yet a new study, recently published in NAD, shows that for socially marginalized people who use drugs, the...

Sweden’s decision to allow limited farm sales of alcohol has renewed interest in the issue in Norway. In December 2024, the Norwegian Parliament asked the Government to commission a study. The goal wa...

Laughing gas (Nitrous oxide: N2O) is a euphoric and sedating gas that is used in both medical and recreational settings. It poses a particular danger when combined with driving. This is an increasing ...

In recent years, Sweden has seen a sharp rise in celebrities promoting alcoholic beverages, often through social media channels with vast audiences. The trend raises concerns about public health, cons...

The Nordic countries agree: naloxone is a key tool in addressing the high number of drug-related deaths. Since September 4, the opioid antagonist has been available without a prescription across the e...

💡 Nordic headlines and happenings: 🔹The Swedish Public Health Agency has prohibited the use of the phrase “protection for the gums” on packaging for nicotine pouches, stating that such health claims...

The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are often grouped together under the idea of a “Nordic model.” This phrase usually refers to their welfare systems, high levels of so...

The majority of stakeholders perceive that they have opportunities to influence Sweden´s drug policy. However, many experience that people who use drugs cannot get their voices heard. This is demonstr...

💡 Some Nordic headlines and happenings: 🔹 Finland: Companies are already preparing for alcohol home delivery, as the Finnish Parliament continues to debate the proposed law that would legalize it. 🔹...

Young people’s drinking habits are often framed in terms of health risks and prevention, but for those experiencing it, alcohol carries different meanings. In a study published in NAD, Icelandic resea...

💡 Nordic news and headlines; 🔹 A new government report on farm sales of alcohol in Norway concludes that while such sales might be possible under EEA rules, they would need strict regulation and carr...

In this PopNAD article, Sara Tsokkinen, Mikko Lemettilä, Emmi Kauppila, Jukka Koskelo and Marika Pohjanoksa-Mäntylä present findings from a new Finnish study exploring the role of community pharmacies...

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