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Duration of cannabis use--a novel phenotype?
Addictive behaviors - 1 Jun 2006
Lynskey Michael T, Grant Julia D, Nelson Elliot C, Bucholz Kathleen K, Madden Pamela A F, Statham Dixie J, Martin Nicholas G, Heath Andrew C
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Although cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug, duration of cannabis use is typically short, with many of those who initiate cannabis use ceasing use by their late twenties. In this paper we analyze data from a volunteer Australian cohort of 6265 male and female twins to examine whether the duration of cannabis use is an informative phenotype for future genetic analyses. Genetic modeling indicated: (a)...
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