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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Sep 21;155:387–394. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.016

Table 4.

Past-year DSM-5 CUD criteria by prevalence or endorsement among past-year cannabis users.

DSM-5 CUD severity
Overall1 (n=392) No disorder
(n=130)
Mild
(n=81)
Moderate
(n=75)
Severe
(n=106)

% Rank % Rank % Rank % Rank % Rank
59.7 1. Craving 12.3 1. Try stop 65.4 1. Craving 85.3 1. Craving 96.2 1. Craving
54.3 2. Try stop 11.5 2. Craving 60.5 2. Try stop 77.3 2. Larger/longer 90.6 2. Withdrawal
48.0 3. Larger/longer 2.3 3. Larger/longer 39.5 3. Larger/longer 72.0 3. Try stop 89.6 3. Larger/longer
42.1 4. Tolerance 1.5 4. Withdrawal (tie) 27.2 4. Tolerance 65.3 4. Tolerance 88.7 4. Try stop
37.0 5. Withdrawal 1.5 4. Tolerance (tie) 17.3 5. Withdrawal (tie) 44.0 5. Withdrawal 86.8 5. Tolerance
31.4 6. Phys/psych 0.8 6. Phys/psych (tie) 17.3 5. Phys/psych (tie) 30.7 6. Phys/psych 80.2 6. Phys/psych
24.0 7. Give up 0.8 6. Hazardous Use (tie) 7.4 7. Neglect role (tie) 20.0 7. Give up 71.7 7. Give up
20.4 8. Neglect role 0.0 8. Time spent (tie) 7.4 7. Hazardous Use (tie) 18.7 8. Neglect role 56.6 8. Phys/psych
16.3 9. Hazardous Use 0.0 8. Give up (tie) 3.7 9. Give up 16.0 9. Hazardous use 42.5 9. Neglect role
12.5 10. Time spent 0.0 8. Neglect role (tie) 2.5 10. Time spent 14.7 10. Social 38.7 10. Time spent
12.0 11. Social 0.0 8. Social (tie) 0.0 11. Social 8.0 11. Time spent 34.0 11. Social

Note: “Try stop”=persistent desire/attempts to stop/cut down on use; “Phys/psych”=continued use despite recurrent/persistent substance-related physical or psychological problems; “Social”=continued use despite recurrent/persistent substance-related interpersonal problems; “Neglect role”=recurrent substance-related neglect of work/school/home responsibilities; “Larger longer”=recurrent use in larger quantities or for longer than intended; “Time spent”=excessive time spent in obtaining/using/recovering from substance; “Give up”=important activities given up in favor of substance use.

1

Overall includes all participants who endorsed using cannabis 6 or more times in the past 12 months.