The Swedish Temperance Guide and Scout Association (NSF) is joining Movendi Sverige, bringing almost a century of links between scouting and the temperance movement into the shared organisation. A cooperation agreement with Scouterna will enable scouting to continue within Movendi’s activities for children and young people, with a commitment to maintaining and developing alcohol-free scouting.

Anders Hammarberg receives CAN’s 2026 Drug Research Award for research on psychological treatments for alcohol problems, particularly treatment with controlled drinking as its goal.

Four in ten Swedes would drink less alcohol if they knew that even small amounts increase the risk of cancer, according to a new survey by Verian. However, only one in ten are aware of this link, and nearly 90% do not know that alcohol raises the risk of breast cancer. Research shows there is no safe threshold—any amount of alcohol can increase cancer risk, and the more you drink, the higher the risk.