NAD 3/2023

Alcohol, drugs, tobacco and gambling form a lens for the Nordic welfare states’ biggest challenges

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,

The development of demographic and economic dependency ratios is a predicament for the Nordic welfare states as it introduces difficulties f [...]

Three themes from the Skarpö research conference

Alcohol,

Cancer and alcohol on the agenda Unless we do something about the current situation, we stand before a tsunami of cancer diagnoses, and that [...]

Online Gambling, Regulation and the Pandemic – hot topics at Helsinki GAMIC Workshop

Gambling,

– The feedback we got from the participants was positive. This was the fourth GAMIC workshop, and the conference has established itself as [...]

NAD 2/2023

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,

Alcohol Culture in Denmark – A brand new anthology

Alcohol,

The anthology is the eighth volume in the book series Samfund og Rusmidler. The series focuses on socially relevant problems related to both [...]

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Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Iceland – where are we heading?

Alcohol, Tobacco,

In the year 2022, almost a quarter of Icelanders fell under the definition of having a harmful consumption pattern of alcohol, or risk consu [...]

Pusher, Tiktok or parents: How young people in Sweden get hold of alcohol

Alcohol,

Social media affects all parts of young people’s lives. In addition to chatting, dating and gaming, also their contact surface with alcoho [...]

Swedes are more liberal towards excessive drinking than ever before

Alcohol,

IQ:s Alkoholindex, shows a correlation between high alcohol consumption, as well as high drinking frequency, and a lower index – meaning m [...]

NAD 1/2023

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,

From highs to lows: Alcohol policies in the Baltic Region

Alcohol,

Lithuania – a positive example for Europe Lithuania has demonstrated what can be accomplished if there is sufficient political will. B [...]

A new generation of nicotine addicts

Tobacco,

The tobacco and nicotine use among Swedish youth has been increasing drastically in recent years. Around 20 percent of high school students [...]

NAD 6/2022

Alcohol, Gambling,

New potent synthetic opioid detected in Norway

Drugs,

Protonitazene is not used in clinical practice but sold on the illicit market. It does not show up in normal blood or urine tests, and canno [...]

NAD 5/2022

Alcohol, Tobacco,

The link between risk gambling and the use of alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco among adolescents

Gambling,

In a study among European adolescents, the authors found positive associations between gambling and alcohol, tobacco, other substances (but [...]

The Finnish gambling policy programme in a Nordic context: a long-term commitment to harm prevention and reduction?

Gambling,

The significance of the programme cannot be overstated. Already in 2017, an expert group recommended the preparation of such a programme in [...]

NAD 4/2022

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,

NADRA 2022

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researcher´s Assembly (NADRA) is a conference with roots dating back to the mid 1980’s. The event, formerly known [...]

Drug control and human rights in the Russian Federation

Drugs,

Today, Russia has a high prevalence of drug use and has already for some years suffered from a widespread injection drug use epidemic with a [...]

NAD 3/2022

Alcohol, Drugs,

The new Finnish Tobacco Act brings important measures, yet needs further strengthening

Tobacco,

What is new? The foremost reform in the renewed Act was that all the promotional, advertising and marketing features – such as branding an [...]

NAD 1/2022

NAD 6/2021

Loneliness and social isolation among the older adults during the coronavirus pandemic

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers’ Assembly 2021 (NADRA)

New study underlines college students’ desire for more alcohol-free settings and scepticism towards alcohol prevention programmes

Alcohol,

Our recent study on College students’ perspectives on an alcohol prevention programme and student drinking aimed to give voice to the stud [...]

NAD 2/2021

Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco,

NAD 1/2021

Alcohol, Drugs,

NAD 6/2020

Alcohol, Drugs,

NAD5/2020

Alcohol,

Nordic gambling companies are profitable, but at a cost

Gambling,

Our recent article ‘On the efficiency of Nordic state-controlled monopolies’ published in Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs assesses t [...]

Children with parental alcohol problems have an increased risk of not attaining a secondary education

Alcohol,

Young people leaving school without completing secondary education is a well-identified problem in many Western countries. Completing a seco [...]

Can legislation protect young people from snus and snus-like products?

Tobacco,

During the last decade, the use of snus and more recently the use of snus-like nicotine pouches has become common among young people in the [...]

New study finds the blind spots of addiction treatment systems – and asks what can be done about them

Alcohol, Drugs,

We wanted to identify the weak points of current treatment offers which might prevent people from seeking help, even when they need it. This [...]

NAD 4/2020 (August)

Alcohol, Drugs,

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers’ Assembly 2020 (NADRA)

Comparable Nordic alcohol statistics difficult to compile since the end of official cooperation

Alcohol,

As Chief Specialist at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Nordic comparisons are among the primary duties of alcohol resear [...]

NAD 3/2020 (June)

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,

NAD 2/2020 (April)

Alcohol,

Multiple indicators focusing on different alcohol-related domains should be used to describe alcohol use profiles among older patients

Alcohol,

Multidimensional identification of relevant typologies could improve diagnosis and treatment by establishing the nature of alcohol problems [...]

Scotland and Wales introduced a minimum price for alcohol – now evidence is needed to show that it works

Alcohol,

With effect from the second of March 2020, a minimum price for alcohol is in force in Wales. This means that one unit of alcohol must cost a [...]

NAD 1/2020 (February)

Tulisiko kannabiksen käytön rangaistavuudesta luopua? (ENG)

Tulisiko kannabiksen käytön rangaistavuudesta luopua? (ENG)

NAD/2019 (December)

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,

NAD 5/2019 (October)

Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco,

Prevalence of problem gambling in the institutionalized Warsaw homeless population

Gambling,

There are more than 400 000 homeless individuals in the European Union. It is known that the causes of homelessness stem from an interaction [...]

NAD 4/2019 (August)