This issue includes the following themes

Revisiting some concepts and events in Sweden’s prohibitionist drug policy model, substance use among young people in Norway who smoke and use snus, the praxis of interprofessional team meetings tailored to the needs of people with substance use disorders, and the experiences of health professionals in Norwegian nursing homes in terms of residents’ alcohol consumption

Dealing with qualitative work
Matilda Hellman

A path forward for Swedish drug policy?
Ted Goldberg

Comparison of data sources on alcohol problems: An exploratory exercise using surveys vs. national healthcare registers
Pia Mäkelä, Kristiina Kuussaari, Airi Partanen and Elina Rautiainen

Smoking and snus use among Norwegian students: Demographic, personality and substance use characteristics
Solbjørg Makalani Myrtveit Sæther, Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Ståle Pallesen and Eilin Kristine Erevik

Health professionals’ experience of nursing home residents’ consumption of alcohol and use of psychotropic drugs
Aud Johannessen, Kjerstin Tevik, Knut Engedal and Anne-Sofie Helvik

Women’s views on barriers and facilitators for seeking alcohol and drug treatment in Belgium
Julie Schamp, Sarah Simonis, Griet Roets, Tina Van Havere, Lies Gremeaux and Wouter Vanderplasschen

User involvement in interprofessional team meetings within services for substance use disorders
Merethe Wenaas, Helle Wessel Andersson, Riina Kiik and Anne Juberg