This issue includes the following themes

Procurement regulations in four Nordic countries, lifestyle factors among expectant fathers, the impact of prenatal substance exposure on health outcomes, parents’ experiences of abuse from their adult children with drug problems, interaction rituals in a drug scene

Public funding of science publishing: Why we are open access

Matilda Hellman

Cohort profile: ADEF Helsinki – a longitudinal register-based study on exposure to alcohol and drugs during foetal life

Anne M Koponen, Niina-Maria Nissinen, Mika Gissler, Taisto Sarkola, Ilona Autti-Rämö, Hanna Kahila

Balancing welfare and market logics: Procurement regulations for social and health services in four Nordic welfare states

Kerstin Stenius, Jessica Storbjörk

Associations between a risky psychosocial childhood and recurrent addiction compulsory care as adult

Robert Grahn, Mojgan Padyab, Lena Lundgren

Interaction rituals in an open drug scene

Trond E Grønnestad, Hildegunn Sagvaag, Philip Lalander

Pre conception use of cannabis and cocaine among men with pregnant partners

Elisabeth Lobben Munch, Svetlana Skurtveit, Marte Handal, Eva Skovlund

Parents’ experiences of abuse by their adult children with drug problems

Bengt Svensson, Torkel Richert, Björn Johnson