Heritable traits that appear in teen years raise risk for adult cannabis use

Some of the risk for repeated cannabis use into adulthood can be attributed to the genetic effects of neuroticism, risk tolerance and depression, the study found. “While this work marks an important step in identifying genetic factors that can increase the risk for cannabis use, a substantial portion of the factors that raise the risk remain unexplained,” says Emory psychologist Rohan Palmer.

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