This project is a mixed-methods, longitudinal, and community-based study of the causes and public health consequences of synthetic drug abuse in China. It develops and empirically tests a conceptual model that integrates sensation seeking, social control, and social learning perspectives on drug abuse and focuses on the neuro-behavioral effects of synthetic drugs and drug use settings on risky sexual behavior. This project is funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) (5R01DA039904-01A1), and is jointly implemented by the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER) at Hong Kong University of Science and technology, Old Dominion University, Sun Yat-sen University, and the Yunnan Institute for Drug Abuse. 

CASER researchers collaborated with Shanghai University in designing and implementing the Shanghai Urban Neighborhood Survey (SUNS), a neighborhood-based, spatially constructed household panel survey project that collected comprehensive information at the neighborhood, household, and individual level using a mixed-method approach that integrated social surveys with systematic observation.

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