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Overlap of heritable influences between cannabis use disorder, frequency of use and opportunity to use cannabis: trivariate twin modelling and implications for genetic design.
Psychological medicine - 1 Dec 2018
Hines Lindsey A, Morley Katherine I, Rijsdijk Fruhling, Strang John, Agrawal Arpana, Nelson Elliot C, Statham Dixie, Martin Nicholas G, Lynskey Michael T
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BACKGROUND: The genetic component of Cannabis Use Disorder may overlap with influences acting more generally on early stages of cannabis use. This paper aims to determine the extent to which genetic influences on the development of cannabis abuse/dependence are correlated with those acting on the opportunity to use cannabis and frequency of use. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 3303 Australian twins, measuring...
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