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
• Johan Svensson, CAN/Stockholm University, Sweden
• Ársæll Már Arnarsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
• Filip Roumeliotis, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Anne Schanche Selbekk, West Norway Competence Centre (KoRus Stavanger), Norway
• Jani Selin, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
• Katja Kuusisto, Tampere University, Finland

Associate Editors

• Stefan Bastholm Andrade, VIVE – The Danish Centre of Applied Social Science, Denmark
• Jenni Savonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Katarina Winter, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Linn Gjersing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

NAD 3/2025

Editorial
We need to talk about shrooms
Matilda Hellman

For Debate
Gender dynamics in drug-using contexts: Implication for treatment and support
Anne Selbekk

Research reports
Open drug scenes across city sizes: Socioeconomic status, crime patterns and community perspectives
Alberto Chrysoulakis et al.

Problematic gambling in municipal social work in Tampere, Finland: Social workers’ perceptions of service pathways before the casino opening and the health and social services reform
Paula Jääskeläinen, Katja Kuusisto

Changes in self-reported alcohol consumption in relation to financial and mental health problems: Experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Björn Trolldal et al.

Changes in the trajectories of drug-free friendships and substance use among a cohort of individuals with multiple substance use disorders
Fredrik Moe et al.