NordAN has submitted a response to Denmark’s proposed guidance on opioid substitution treatment, calling for safe, individual care that supports recovery, reduced drug use and social reintegration.

Norway’s Progress Party Youth says it will review its summer-camp alcohol rules after criticism of drinking at an event where more than 30 percent of participants were minors. A new survey shows that seven of Norway’s nine major political youth organisations already hold alcohol-free summer camps.

A new Danish survey finds that 38% of 18 to 29-year-olds have gone swimming while intoxicated by alcohol or other substances during the past three years. Gjensidige warns that intoxication can impair judgement, orientation and the ability to respond when something goes wrong in the water.

A new Swedish survey shows how strongly alcohol can become linked with summer, relaxation and social situations. Frequent drinkers were particularly likely to say that summer occasions feel emptier without alcohol, while many also saw the return to everyday routines as an opportunity for a reset.

As Sweden’s crayfish party season approaches, M Sverige is calling for a ban on post-accident drinking, a legal loophole that can make drink-driving investigations more difficult.

Almost one in five Danes has ridden a bicycle, e-bike, electric scooter or similar vehicle while under the influence during the past three years. Among people aged 18 to 29, the proportion rises to four in ten.

Four in ten Danes have deliberately avoided alcohol for a period during the past year, while a growing proportion now describe an alcohol-free life as a conscious lifestyle choice.

A comprehensive Latvian study has examined how young people access illegal drugs, how substances circulate, and how available they are within educational institutions. The findings are expected to inform future drug-control activities.

Lithuania’s drug control authority is asking businesses to watch for suspicious chemical orders that could indicate diversion into illegal drug production.

A new Norwegian survey finds that most people want the blood alcohol limit for recreational boat operators lowered to the same level as for drivers.

Icelandic prevention organisations have criticised the police response to online alcohol sales after a district court ruled that one retailer’s activities violated ÁTVR’s exclusive right to sell alcohol. Around twenty companies now reportedly offer alcohol for collection or home delivery in Iceland.

A new Blue Cross Denmark survey finds that 62.8 percent of Danes want a drinking culture in which alcohol plays a smaller role, up from 57.9 percent in 2025.

MHF is calling for a legal blood alcohol limit, a minimum age requirement and mandatory helmet use for all e-scooter riders in Sweden, citing rising injuries and the high proportion of alcohol-related deaths.

A new evaluation from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health concludes that Norway is unlikely to reach its 2030 alcohol reduction target unless stronger evidence-based policy measures are introduced.

New CAN analysis shows that young people exposed to crime are also more likely to report substance use and gambling.

The Finnish Parliament has approved a law allowing home delivery of alcohol and foreign distance sales. EHYT warns that the decision will increase alcohol availability and marketing, weaken prevention, create major tax losses, and especially affect children, people with substance use problems, and their loved ones.

A new Systembolaget survey shows that only 12 percent of Swedes see alcohol as important for Midsummer, while seven in ten still feel there is an expectation to drink.

Finland’s Alcohol Act reform has moved forward in Parliament in a form that would expand alcohol availability through distance sales, home delivery and longer Alko opening hours. EHYT and Juha Mikkonen warn that the key public health and tax control questions remain unresolved.

The European Union Drugs Agency warns that Europe’s drug market is becoming more complex, with new synthetic opioids, stronger cannabis products, rising cocaine harms, ketamine misuse and polysubstance use creating new risks for public health and security.

EHYT welcomes the Finnish Parliament committee’s amendments to the Alcohol Act proposal, but stresses that the changes must be notified to the EU before the bill is brought to the plenary session.