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🇸🇪: Swedish government classifies kratom as a drug

🇸🇪: Children who started playing computer games at an early age developed problem gambling more quickly than those who started a few years later. This is according to a study from the University of Gothenburg.

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🇩🇰: New research shows that alcohol plays a significant role when young people start flirting and engaging in sexual relationships.

✍️New PopNAD article: @WHO_Europe's latest report highlights the key role of Nordic alcohol retail monopolies in reducing alcohol-related harm. Maria Renström explores how these systems protect public health 👇 Läs artikeln här, på svenska:

🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇮🇸🇫🇴: Today, @WHO_Europe releases a new report titled “Nordic Alcohol Monopolies: Understanding Their Role in Comprehensive Alcohol Policy and Public Health Significance.” Read it here:

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🇸🇪: Underage gambling is on the rise. The Swedish Gambling Authority has published a report identifying reasons for the increase in gambling by young people and how it is financed.

🇳🇴: A new international study has reviewed all available studies on men's drinking and how it affects children.

🇫🇮: Regeringens nya proposition om skärptare reglering av nikotinpåsar har överlämnats till riksdagen

📢January's articles explored Nordic alcohol insights from Oslo, rising nicotine use and gambling among Swedish students, the prevalence of care interventions linked to drug offenses and Finland's growing crisis of drug-induced deaths among young people ➡️

🇩🇰: The Danish Health Authority warns about puff bars that may contain harmful euphoriant substances

🇸🇪: Among those who gambled in the past year, 84% chose to play lotteries and number games. The year before, that figure was 74%.

🇩🇰: Due to inappropriate use and the risk of addiction, the Danish Medicines Agency has decided that opioids will no longer be generally reimbursed. Instead, most opioids will receive conditional reimbursement.

🇸🇪: About 4% of the population report having used drugs at some point in the past year. This is about the same level as in previous years.

🇸🇪: The Swedish National Audit Office has decided to conduct an audit of the government's work to combat problem gambling. Granskning av statens arbete mot spelproblem

✍️ New PopNAD-article! Finland, the world’s happiest country, faces a rising crisis of #drug deaths among young people—often due to unintentional poly-drug poisoning. ➡️Read more: By @inariviskari, @KailantoSanna & Pirkko Kriikku (THL).

🇫🇮: At least 15 Finnish-language online stores sell nicotine pouches, none of which comply with Finland's tobacco law. All the sites checked by Yle violate the marketing ban.

🇩🇰: The Danish Health Authority's new guide, "Er dine alkoholvaner 10-4?", stresses safe drinking: max 10 units/week, no more than 4/day. For under-18s, the recommendation is zero alcohol.

🇸🇪: The Public Health Agency of Sweden proposes that the government classify the plant kratom as a narcotic.