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Social Influences on Drug-Seeking Behavior

Award Number: R01DA031725
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2012
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2025

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Social Influences on Drug-Seeking Behavior - PROJECT SUMMARY Epidemiological studies consistently report that one of the most reliable predictors of whether an adolescent or young adult will use drugs is whether his or her friends use drugs. Social learning theories of drug use propose that members of a social group model drug use behaviors and other members subsequently imitate those behaviors. Furthermore, members of the social group selectively reinforce/punish the drug use of others depending on the norms established by that group. Until recently, experimental studies examining the predictions of social learning theories have been limited because of ethical (human studies) or technical (animal studies) constraints limiting the modeling and imitation of illicit drug use. Over the last five years, we have developed and validated custom-built, IACUC-approved, operant conditioning chambers that permit two (or more) rats to intravenously self-administer drugs simultaneously, side-by-side, in the same chamber. Using these chambers, we reported that drug self-administration could either be increased or decreased depending on the behavior of a partner (i.e., whether the partner was also self-administering drugs). In this competing renewal of our research project grant (R01DA031725, Social Influences on Drug-Seeking Behavior), we will significantly expand the use of these chambers to advance our understanding of the social factors that contribute to substance abuse and its treatment. In Aim 1, we will determine whether a partner's (1) amount of responding or (2) amount of drug intake (i.e., level of intoxication) is responsible for the effects of social contact on drug self-administration by separately manipulating the schedule and dose maintaining responding in the partner. In Aim 2, we will examine the role of the reinforcing stimulus in determining the effects of social contact on drug intake by manipulating the reinforcer (cocaine, heroin, food) for both rats of a social dyad. In Aim 3, we will test how social contact influences the efficacy of a pharmacological intervention to reduce cocaine intake by manipulating whether a partner has access to cocaine over the course of treatment. In Aim 4, we will determine the effects of (1) social reinforcement and (2) social punishment on drug intake by giving or removing access to a partner contingent on drug self-administration. In all studies, both male and female rats will be used, and sex will be examined as a biological variable. The long-term goal of this project is to identify factors that more accurately predict drug use within social groups and to identify treatment interventions that incorporate the social environment to curtail drug use.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2022	THE TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28036	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	10	8/29/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $343,980 )
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	10	7/20/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$343,980
														Subtotal = $343,980

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $341,554 )
2021	2021	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	9	7/21/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$341,554
														Subtotal = $341,554

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $339,192 )
2020	2020	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	8	7/27/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$339,192
														Subtotal = $339,192

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $336,894 )
2019	2019	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	7	7/2/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$336,894
2019	2018	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	002	6	7/11/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$38,646
2019	2016	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	5	7/11/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$38,646
														Subtotal = $336,894

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $334,656 )
2018	2018	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	002	6	9/24/2018	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$334,656
2018	2016	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	5	3/21/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2018	2016	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	5	9/24/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
														Subtotal = $334,656

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2017	2016	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	002	5	1/5/2017	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$343,273
2017	2015	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	4	1/5/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$293,951
2017	2014	TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE, THE	209 RIDGE RD	DAVIDSON	NC	28035	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	1/5/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$49,322
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $297,213 )
2016	2016	DAVIDSON COLLEGE	POST OFFICE BOX 1568	DAVIDSON	NC	28036	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	5	3/25/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$297,213
														Subtotal = $297,213

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $293,951 )
2015	2015	DAVIDSON COLLEGE	POST OFFICE BOX 1568	DAVIDSON	NC	28036	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	4	3/25/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$293,951
														Subtotal = $293,951

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $262,182 )
2014	2014	DAVIDSON COLLEGE	POST OFFICE BOX 1568	DAVIDSON	NC	28036	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	3/24/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$262,182
														Subtotal = $262,182

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $250,398 )
2013	2013	DAVIDSON COLLEGE	POST OFFICE BOX 1568	DAVIDSON	NC	28036	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	2	5/16/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$15,650
2013	2013	DAVIDSON COLLEGE	POST OFFICE BOX 1568	DAVIDSON	NC	28036	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	4/4/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$234,748
														Subtotal = $250,398

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $259,513 )
2012	2012	DAVIDSON COLLEGE	POST OFFICE BOX 1568	DAVIDSON	NC	28036	MECKLENBURG	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	3/19/2012	NEW	$259,513
														Subtotal = $259,513

Grand Total All Awards = $3,059,533

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Social Influences on Drug-Seeking Behavior

Award Number: R01DA031725

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2012

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2025

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