NAD

The journal covers a broad set of aspects on epidemiology, use, harm, prevention, policies, and practice. The articles are encouraged to involve a social or welfare political framing. Nordic research and comparative settings are of special interest, but the journal also welcomes contributions from other parts of the world with relevance from a Nordic perspective. The journal publishes articles in English, but also in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs has an international readership of researchers, public health authorities, politicians, decision-makers, NGOs, professionals, students, and the media. By publishing in the journal, the contributors also reach a wider Nordic audience through the popNAD website and its summaries of the journal’s content.

NAD is published in cooperation with Uppsala University and the University of Helsinki. Financial contributors to NAD are the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research (CRF) at Aarhus university in Denmark, the Ministry of Social Affairs in Sweden, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland, the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS), and the Icelandic Directorate of Health.

Editorial board

• Maj Nygaard-Christensen, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Denmark
• Kristine Rømer Thomsen, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Denmark
• Elin Kristin Bye, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
• Monika Alvestad Reime, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
• Ársæll Már Arnarsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
• Johan Svensson, CAN/Stockholm University, Sweden
• Filip Roumeliotis, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Jani Selin, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
• Katja Kuusisto, Tampere University, Finland

Associate Editors

• Julie Brummer, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Tobias Kammersgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Veera Kankainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Jenni Savonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Siri Thor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Linn Gjersing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

NAD 1/2026

Editorial
Fifty Years of Cooperation: Towards More or Less Content?
Matilda Hellman

Research Reports
What Characterizes Municipalities With Stronger Local Alcohol Prevention Efforts in Sweden? A Study of 209 Municipalities During 2011–2021
Mats Ramstedt, Tony Nilsson, Thor Norström, Björn Trolldal

Trajectories of Concurrent Psychological Distress, Heavy Episodic Drinking and Daily Cigarette Smoking From Adolescence to Midlife: Patterns and Their Sociodemographic Correlates
Noora Berg, Maarit Piirtola, Mauri Marttunen, Antti Latvala, Olli Kiviruusu

Examining the Strategies and Tactics of the Alcohol Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Botswana
Tebogo B. Sebeelo

From Science to Pleasure: Justifications of the Use of Classic Psychedelics in Finland
Mika Tsupari, Aleksi Hupli

What Shapes Professional Practice: Judgement and Decision-Making in Danish Outpatient Alcohol Counselling
Kristina Hasselbalch Volke, Anette Søgaard Nielsen

Am I Worth it? Social Investment Discourse as a Frame of Interaction in Welfare Programs for Young People with Drug Problems
Ditte Andersen

Commentaries
Normality, Belonging and Welfare Inclusion among Young People with Drug Problems: A Commentary
Malin Gunnarsson Sylvin

Social Investment Logics, Potential and Ageing: A Commentary
Jonas Strandholdt Bach