Genetic, Social, and Developmental Epidemiology of Drug Use Disorders

Program Director/Principal Investigator: Kendler, Kenneth S Project Narrative – This project seeks to clarify etiologic pathways to aggregate drug abuse and opiate abuse more specifically. To accomplish this goal, we will utilize a unique and growing set of epidemiological resources available in the country of Sweden and a range of advanced statistical modeling methods. The resulting findings will be relevant to the US and other developed countries, with potential impacts on drug abuse prevention, treatment and policy.