Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States, yet the role of genetics in
individual symptoms associated with cannabis use disorders has not been evaluated. The …

Objective: Although cannabis is the most widely abused illicit drug, little is known about the
prevalence of cannabis withdrawal and its factor structure, clinical validity, and psychiatric …

Background. The purpose of this study was to present 12-month and lifetime estimates of the
prevalence, sociodemographic and clinical correlates, and psychiatric co-morbidity of DSM …

Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in the US population. Surveys have estimated
that the lifetime prevalence rate for cannabis dependence is approximately 4%. Though the …

The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) cannabis abuse and dependence at different …

Previous research has noted that a unidimensional latent construct underlies criteria for
cannabis abuse and dependence. However, no study to date has explored whether gender …

Background: In this research, the 'natural history'of cannabis dependence is probed, using
data from a large epidemiological sample of cannabis users followed from 1981 through …

This chapter describes selected features of cannabis epidemiology, with a focus upon recent
evidence from field studies of cannabis dependence. An epidemiologist's interest in …

Objectives The symptomatology of cannabis dependence remains ill‐defined and its
importance controversial. Compared with alcohol dependence, the symptom profile of …

Background Cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit substance in America, with
increasing rates of use. Some theorists tend to link frequency of use with cannabis …