Swedish study maps drug disorder hotspots, blaming genes and poverty alike

Researchers have identified how genetics, poverty, and urban density combine to predict where drug use disorders concentrate across Sweden—findings that could reshape how health authorities allocate treatment resources and prevention spending. The work suggests neither genetics nor social factors alone explain the problem; both matter.

Originaltitel: Predicting the geographical distribution of drug use disorder in Sweden from the geographical variation in social deprivation, genetic risk and urbanization