2026-02-172025/26:SoU13 · p.1SoUHealth & social services
Goals for ANDTS policy
Setting new goals for alcohol, drug, doping, tobacco and gambling (ANDTS) policy
What's at stake: The question concerns how Sweden's overall policy against alcohol, drugs, doping, tobacco and problem gambling should be steered going forward, and whether the Riksdag should press the government for new goal language now or wait for a broader review. The outcome affects, among other things, how quickly efforts against addiction and drug-related harm can be developed.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The motions called for the Riksdag to state new positions on the goals for various parts of ANDTS policy (including drug and alcohol policy), while the committee held that the Riksdag should wait for the ongoing work within the Government Offices on a revised ANDTS strategy before formulating new goals.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions, pointing out that a revision of the goals for drug, tobacco and gambling policy is already being prepared within the Government Offices — partly based on the report of the Drug Policy Inquiry — and that the Riksdag should not preempt this work with new pronouncements on the goal formulation for the various parts of ANDTS policy.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S)
The reserving party (S) wants the government to ensure that the long-term goal of a drug-free society remains firm, and opposes the idea of legalizing or decriminalizing drug substances as a way to reduce criminal gangs' revenues and the societal harms of drugs.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 0/0/19/3
Sown reservation
–
No 0/92/0/14
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/16/2
C
–
Yes 21/0/0/3
L
–
Yes 14/0/0/2
KD
–
Yes 17/0/0/2
M
–
Yes 59/0/0/9
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/9
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions
2025/26:505 by Ulrika Westerlund et al. (MP) items 1 and 3,
2025/26:2799 by Karin Rågsjö et al. (V) item 6,
2025/26:3505 by Nils Seye Larsen et al. (MP) item 6 and
2025/26:3645 by Fredrik Lundh Sammeli et al. (S) item 161.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:505 av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1 och 3,
2025/26:2799 av Karin Rågsjö m.fl. (V) yrkande 6,
2025/26:3505 av Nils Seye Larsen m.fl. (MP) yrkande 6 och
2025/26:3645 av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S) yrkande 161.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected 120 proposals on alcohol, narcotics, doping, tobacco and gambling in motions from the general motion period of 2025.
The proposals deal with ANDTS policy, which includes, among other things, alcohol issues, narcotics issues and tobacco and nicotine issues.
Parliament refers mainly to ongoing work.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the long-term goal of drug policy to remain as the foundation for society's opposition to drug use. (S) — Reservation 1
Motion 2025/26:1566 — Reform av matkravet i alkohollagstiftningen av Heléne Björklund och Anna-Caren Sätherberg (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:165 — Sänkning av åldersgränsen för inköp av alkoholhaltiga drycker till 18 år av Eric Palmqvist och Ann-Christine Frohm (båda SD)
Motion 2025/26:1676 — Ett alkoholtillstånd för cateringverksamhet i hela landet av Charlotte Nordström (M)
Motion 2025/26:1758 — Avskaffande av Systembolagets opinionsbildande uppdrag av Marie Nicholson (M)
Motion 2025/26:1955 — Bildregeln i alkohollagen av Marie Nicholson m.fl. (M)
Motion 2025/26:2057 — Slopat krav på matservering i samband med alkoholservering av Anne-Li Sjölund (C)
Motion 2025/26:2123 — Utskänkningstillstånd i fler kommuner än en av Sten Bergheden (M)
Motion 2025/26:2212 — Utbildningstillstånd giltigt i hela landet av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Motion 2025/26:224 — Förbud mot tillverkning och försäljning av röktobak i Sverige av Björn Tidland (SD)
Motion 2025/26:2383 — Liberaliserad lagstiftning kring gårdsförsäljning av Markus Wiechel (SD)
Motion 2025/26:2473 — Gårdsförsäljning av alkoholdrycker av Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson m.fl. (M)
Motion 2025/26:2570 — Rimliga regler för alkoholservering av Oliver Rosengren m.fl. (M)
Motion 2025/26:2588 — Ägardirektiv till Systembolaget AB för att fortsatt erbjuda plastpåsar vid försäljning i fysisk butik av Mattias Eriksson Falk och Roger Hedlund (båda SD)
Motion 2025/26:2633 — Gränsöverskridande alkoholtillstånd av Martina Johansson och Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist (båda C)
Motion 2025/26:2636 — Levande städer av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist och Niels Paarup-Petersen (båda C)
Motion 2025/26:2741 — Barns rätt till frihet från reklam på sociala medier av Jytte Guteland (S)
Motion 2025/26:2742 — Utredning om hälsovarningar på alkoholprodukter av Jytte Guteland och Kadir Kasirga (båda S)