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Education shares distinct genetic influences with substance use and disorder.
Psychological medicine - 2 Feb 2026
Davis Christal N, Khan Yousef, Piserchia Zachary, Gray Joshua C, Kranzler Henry R
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BACKGROUND: Educational attainment (EA), which comprises cognitive (CogEA) and noncognitive (NonCogEA) components, is positively genetically correlated with alcohol and cannabis use but negatively correlated with alcohol and cannabis use disorders (AUD and CUD). These paradoxical associations suggest that shared genetic influences with EA may differ by level of substance involvement. METHODS: To test this, we...
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