NAD – Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

NAD 1/2026

Editorial
Fifty Years of Cooperation: Towards More or Less Content?
Matilda Hellman

Research Reports
What Characterizes Municipalities With Stronger Local Alcohol Prevention Efforts in Sweden? A Study of 209 Municipalities During 2011–2021
Mats Ramstedt, Tony Nilsson, Thor Norström, Björn Trolldal

Trajectories of Concurrent Psychological Distress, Heavy Episodic Drinking and Daily Cigarette Smoking From Adolescence to Midlife: Patterns and Their Sociodemographic Correlates
Noora Berg, Maarit Piirtola, Mauri Marttunen, Antti Latvala, Olli Kiviruusu

Examining the Strategies and Tactics of the Alcohol Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Botswana
Tebogo B. Sebeelo

From Science to Pleasure: Justifications of the Use of Classic Psychedelics in Finland
Mika Tsupari, Aleksi Hupli

What Shapes Professional Practice: Judgement and Decision-Making in Danish Outpatient Alcohol Counselling
Kristina Hasselbalch Volke, Anette Søgaard Nielsen

Am I Worth it? Social Investment Discourse as a Frame of Interaction in Welfare Programs for Young People with Drug Problems
Ditte Andersen

Commentaries
Normality, Belonging and Welfare Inclusion among Young People with Drug Problems: A Commentary
Malin Gunnarsson Sylvin

Social Investment Logics, Potential and Ageing: A Commentary
Jonas Strandholdt Bach