Subjective effects to cannabis are associated with use, abuse and dependence after adjusting for genetic and environmental influences

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Grant, Julia D ^b   Duncan, Alexis E ^b   Sartor, Carolyn E ^b   Haber, Jon R ^b,c   Jacob, Theodore ^b,c   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Offspring; Subjective effects; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGISTER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TWINS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS;

EID: 69949088087     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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