Rationale and objective Social factors play a critical role in drug addiction. We recently
showed that rats will abstain from methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and remifentanil self …

Background We recently reported that operant social choice–induced voluntary abstinence
prevents incubation of methamphetamine craving. Here, we determined whether social …

Drug dependence is a serious health and social problem. Social factors can modify
vulnerability to developing drug dependence, acting as risk factors or protective factors …

It is difficult to translate results from animal research on addiction to an understanding of the
behavior of human drug users. Despite decades of basic research on neurobiological …

Social reinforcement-based treatments are effective for many, but not all, people with
addictions to drugs. We recently developed an operant rat model that mimics features of one …

Recent studies have shown that social interaction can serve as an alternative reinforcer to
opioid self-administration under a choice context in rats. However, additional parametric …

Drug-using peers are recognized as a leading factor influencing drug use among
adolescents and young adults. One mechanism by which peers influence drug use is by …

Social learning theories of drug abuse propose that individuals imitate drug use behaviors
modeled by social peers, and that these behaviors are selectively reinforced and/or …

Abstract Rationale and Objective We recently introduced a model of operant social reward in
which female CD1 mice lever press for access to affiliative social interaction with a …

The interaction between social factors and alcohol addiction is complex, with potential for
both positive and negative contributions to drug use and abstinence. Positive social …