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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2009 Sep 19;35(2):102–110. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.09.009

Table 5.

Heritability of Cannabis-Related Phenotypes

Trait Age (p) Sex (p) h2 p
Used cannabis <0.0001 0.52 <0.0001
Used ≥ 21 times year <0.0001 0.009 0.31 <0.0001
DSM-IV cannabis dependence <0.0001 0.048 0.20 <0.0001
Age at first use <0.0001 <0.0001 0.22 0.002
DSM-IV Symptoms
Emotional/psychological problems <0.0001 0.131 0.23 <0.0001
Cannabis avoid withdrawal <0.0001 0.014 0.25 0.0001
Cannabis reduced activities <0.0001 0.21 <0.0001
Great deal of time using <0.0001 0.002 0.29 <0.0001
Multiple withdrawal symptoms <0.0001 0.043 0.26 <0.0001
Tried stop cannabis <0.0001 0.249 0.23 <0.0001
Want stop cannabis <0.0001 0.007 0.15 0.002
Tolerance <0.0001 0.637 0.25 <0.0001
Used more than intended <0.0001 0.11 0.01
Cannabis Consequences
Cannabis depressed > a day <0.0001 0.03 0.16 0.0006
Cannabis concentrating > a day <0.0001 0.19 <0.0001
Cannabis paranoid > a day <0.0001 0.11 0.008
Cannabis “craving” <0.0001 0.36 <0.0001
Cannabis nervous during withdrawal <0.0001 0.28 0.30 <0.0001
Cannabis hallucinations > a day <0.0001 0.07 0.07