ICAD's president, Joana Teixeira, says Portugal has failed to curb drinking or treat dependence. Her institute's figures show dependence rising from 0.3 to 1.1 percent of adults and readmissions at a ten-year high.
The number of people treated for gambling disorder by ICAD more than doubled between 2023 and 2025. Most men at the new Lisbon unit are under 40, and its team includes an accountant.
The addiction institute's survey of 11,083 state-school pupils aged 13 to 18 finds problems down since 2019, as marks and parental rules improve, but a sharper divide for pupils who mix alcohol and drugs, and the Alentejo now tops the risk table.
SRIJ's 1.º Trimestre 2026 bulletin charts €323.7M in regulated-online-gaming gross revenue (+13.7% YoY) as the casino vertical climbs 20.3% and the autoexcluídos roster swells 23.1% to 380,500 players two days before ICAD's first public gambling-addiction clinic opens.
