TY  - SER
AU  - Cerdá Magdalena
AU  - Moffitt, Terrie E. 
AU  - Meier, Madeline H.
AU  - Harrington, HonaLee
AU  - Houts, Renate
AU  - Ramrakha, Sandhya
AU  - Hogan, Sean
AU  - Poulton, Richie
AU  - Caspi, Avshalom
TI  - Persistent cannabis dependence and  alcohol dependence represent risks for  midlife economic and social problems: a longitudinal cohort study
PY  - 2016///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - ALCOHOL ABUSE
KW  - CANNABIS
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - DRUG ABUSE
KW  - Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
KW  - PHYSICAL ABUSE
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - SUBSTANCE ABUSE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Clinical Psychological Science, 2016, Advance online publication
N2  - Summary: With the increasing legalisation of cannabis, understanding the consequences of cannabis use is particularly timely. The authors examined the association between cannabis use and dependence, prospectively assessed between ages 18 and 38, and economic and social problems at age 38. The authors studied participants in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study, a cohort (N = 1,037) followed from birth to age 38. Study members with regular cannabis use and persistent dependence experienced downward socioeconomic mobility, more financial difficulties, workplace problems, and relationship conflict in early midlife. Cannabis dependence was not linked to traffic-related convictions. Associations were not explained by socioeconomic adversity, childhood psychopathology, achievement orientation, or family structure; cannabis-related criminal convictions; early onset of cannabis dependence; or comorbid substance dependence. Cannabis dependence was associated with more financial difficulties than was alcohol dependence; no difference was found in risks for other economic or social problems. Cannabis dependence is not associated with fewer harmful economic and social problems than alcohol dependence. (From the authors' abstract). Record #4971
UR  - http://www.moffittcaspi.com/sites/moffittcaspi.com/files/field/publication_uploads/Cerda%20et%20al%20-%20Persistent%20cannabis%20dependence%20and%20alcohol%20dependence%20represent%20risks%20for%20midlife%20economic%20and%20social%20problems%20-%20Article%20proof.pdf
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702616630958
ER  -