Addressing “Not In My Backyard”- concerns: A new dialogue tool

Alcohol,

With support from the Norwegian State Housing Bank and four Norwegian municipalities, a team of researchers have developed a dialogue tool c [...]

Substance use among Faroese youth: What influences their choices?

Alcohol, Drugs,

In recent years, the Faroe Islands have seen a significant rise in the confiscation of illegal drugs. Police data show that while approximat [...]

Call for Papers: Regulation of Online Gambling: Policy, Tools, and International Collaboration

Gambling,

Online gambling has been increasing for years, particularly in the Nordic countries, where a considerable proportion of gambling now happens [...]

Substance use patterns among adolescent girls in Norway

Alcohol, Drugs,

Increased use of illicit substances Adolescence involves significant physical, psychological and social changes, and for many, these years a [...]

The future of Nordic cooperation on alcohol policy: where do we stand?

Alcohol,

In his 1999 paper The idea of alcohol policy, Professor Robin Room highlighted the origins of the term “alcohol policy” in Nordic langua [...]

NAD 1/2025

The opioid industry: A snake eating its own tail

Drugs,

Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman (1993) once described modern times as a snake eating its own tail. This metaphor perfectly encapsulates the opioi [...]

From cigarette butts to snus: shifting trends in urban litter

Tobacco,

In 2024, snus accounted for 21 per cent of all litter in cities where waste measurements were carried out, making it the second most common [...]

A growing crisis in the world’s happiest country: Young lives lost to drug-induced deaths

Drugs,

Finland’s rising drug-related deaths have gained international attention. In March 2023, Euronews highlighted the issue with the headline [...]

Rise in nicotine use and gambling among Swedish students: Insights from the annual school report on alcohol and other drugs

Alcohol, Gambling, Tobacco,

Gambling One of the most prominent trends in this year’s survey is the continued increase in the proportion of students who gambled fo [...]

New study on young people’s use of non-prescribed opioids in Denmark

Drugs,

The report explores the pathways into and out of opioid use among Danish youth. It provides a detailed account of how young people encounter [...]

Nordic Alcohol Policies: At a Crossroads

How come Electronic Gambling Machines are more common in disadvantaged neighborhoods?

Gambling,

Gambling, particularly through electronic gambling machines (EGMs), poses significant public health challenges worldwide. EGMs are recognize [...]

NAD 6/2024

Nicotine gate: How flavour choices sparked a political scandal

Tobacco,

In April 2023, the Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea) revised its stance on nicotine pouches,  no longer categorizing them as medicinal produ [...]

Professionals’ perspectives on alcohol or drug use during pregnancy

Alcohol,

Vulnerability Previous research has suggested, that 3-6 per cent of pregnant women in Denmark use alcohol or drugs during their pregnancy. H [...]

Focusing on power structures in digital gambling: Helsinki researchers secure major grant

Gambling,

– Writing the ERC application was incredibly rewarding. It allowed me to think on a much larger scale than before. A small country like F [...]

Alcohol’s hidden costs: Can we afford this burden?

Alcohol,

A recent review conducted by the Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention (EHYT) and the Finnish Consulting Group (FCG) provides f [...]

New study reveals worrying gambling patterns among high school students in Skåne, Sweden

Gambling,

In 2023, an anonymous online survey study was carried out among high school students across several high schools in Skåne county, southern [...]

Norwegian teenagers report liberal views on doping to build muscle and lose weight

Doping,

It is well documented that long-term use of IPEDs, particularly AAS, is linked to various physiological and psychological side effects, high [...]

Finnish Gambling and the Common Good in Addiction Policies

Gambling,

When I started working on my dissertation in 2016, Finnish gambling policy centered around upholding a public state monopoly, which the gove [...]

20 years of success: Effects of the Responsible Beverage Service program in Stockholm

Alcohol,

In the mid-1990s, Stockholm was struggling with high levels of alcohol-related problems in nightlife settings. As a response, a pioneering p [...]

The boss drinks the most

Alcohol,

How drinking habits vary between different groups has been extensively studied in Sweden. However, studies on differences between occupation [...]

NAD 4/2024

The Glamorisation of Nicotine Pouches: A Threat to Young People’s Health

Tobacco,

Nicotine pouches are becoming a major health concern. Despite claims that the products are aimed at existing adult smokers and vapers, brand [...]

Guardians of the Status Quo: A content analysis of the magazine of the Swedish Narcotic Police Association

Drugs,

According to the police association’s magazine, the drug problem is large, serious and growing. Cannabis is a threat to humanity, and [...]

Farm sales set the wheels in motion – could lead to the collapse of Systembolaget

Alcohol,

On June 5, 2024, there was a major shift in Nordic alcohol policy. In Finland, a new law was passed allowing the sale of fermented alcoholic [...]

NAD 3/2024

The legal framework for the production of alcohol for personal use within the European Union

Alcohol,

While most alcohol consumed in Europe is recorded in official governmental statistics, a substantial share remains unrecorded. This unre [...]

The harsh realities of romance scams

Gambling,

Known officially as romance frauds, these kinds of scams cleverly combine cybercrime possibilities and financial fraud, deceiving victims in [...]

Young people´s physical activity during leisure time and ANTG use

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,

An initial point of departure for the study was the declining alcohol consumption among students since the turn of the millennium. One of se [...]

Is the future of drug policy predictable?

Drugs,

When we think about predicting the future, we often imagine fortune tellers—people surrounded by mystery, acting in ways that are difficul [...]

A vital, Nordic research community reunited

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,

The pandemic kept the Nordic ANDTG-research community apart for a few years – with the exception of NADRA 2022 – and taught us a [...]

NAD 2/2024

Not fitting the boxes – caring for older marginalized citizens in Denmark

Alcohol,

People in vulnerable positions are growing older, as is the rest of the Danish population. However, the most marginalized citizens experienc [...]

Uppsala and Aarhus universities partner up with NAD

Alcohol, Drugs,

Uppsala University has become a co-publisher of Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD) through a three-party agreement that was signed in [...]

Snow season: The normalisation of cocaine

Drugs,

The drug trends among young adults immersed in the party scenes of major cities in countries like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom oft [...]

Why doesn’t the person next to me know that alcohol causes cancer?

Alcohol,

Despite its prevalence, the belief that alcohol poses minimal risk persists in many circles. This viewpoint overlooks several crucial consid [...]

We need to talk about aging, alcohol, and addictive prescription drugs

Alcohol,

Older adults tend to underreport their alcohol consumption, which poses a challenge for health professionals. Insufficient knowledge makes i [...]

Explanations and implications of the decline in adolescents’ drinking in the Nordic countries – findings from a comparative project

Alcohol,

The strong decline in adolescents’ drinking in several Nordic countries since 2000 prompted a research project to examine possible explana [...]

The dream of winning big: Scandinavian Lotto in historical perspective

Gambling,

The 1980s is credited as the decade that saw the emergence of Lotto in Scandinavia. This immensely popular game originated in Italy in the s [...]

NAD 1/2024

Use of alcohol and/or illicit drugs during pregnancy and long-term consequences for child development

Alcohol, Drugs,

Results show that youth exposed to substances during pregnancy less often completed secondary education compared with unexposed youth (37.8 [...]

Promising future for AI-driven addiction care

Alcohol,

Chatbots can provide cooking advice and teach email composition, and AI-generated images can mimic anything from war scenes to the Pope wear [...]

Bridging academia and the Nordic societies

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,

The peer-reviewed journal Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD) has a dual role in that the journal strives to be internationally relev [...]

Dynamics of Social Media drug markets

Drugs,

Media coverage and research have linked social media exposure to a surge in young people’s interest in purchasing illicit substances. [...]

Missed opportunity: Denmark’s new prevention plan lacks needed policy changes

Alcohol, Tobacco,

The need for policy changes is clear. Danish adolescents continue to have the highest alcohol consumption in Europe. Among 15-16-year-olds, [...]

Fresh results and regional traits from the Ålandic youth survey on alcohol and drugs

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,

The youth survey included respondents in grades 7–9 in elementary school, as well as first and second graders at the high school level. A [...]

A conference on Nordic comparisons of addictive substances and behaviors – Time for the revival of the tradition of Nordic research exchange!

Alcohol, Doping, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,

There is a long tradition of comparative Nordic research. The similarities but also differences between the countries make them well suited [...]

NAD 6/2023