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Association Of Cohort And Individual Substance Use With Risk Of Transitioning To Drug Use, Drug Use Disorder, And Remission From Disorder: Findings From The World Mental Health Surveys, Louisa Degenhardt, Chrianna Bharat, Meyer D. Glantz, Nancy A. Sampson, Ali Al-Hamzawi, Jordi Alonso, Laura H. Andrade, Brendan Bunting, Alfredo Cia, Giovanni De Girolamo, Peter De Jonge, Koen Demyttenaere, Oye Gureje, Josep Maria Haro, Meredith G. Harris, Yanling He, Hristo Hinkoy, Aimee Nasser Karam, Elie G. Karam, Andrzej Kiejna, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Victor Lasebikan, Sing Lee, Daphna Levinson, Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Zeina Mneimneh, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, Marina Piazza, Jose Posada-Villa, Kate Scott, Dan J. Stein, Hisateru Tachimori, Nathan L. Tintle, Yolanda Torres, Ronald C. Kessler

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Importance: Limited empirical research has examined the extent to which cohort-level prevalence of substance use is associated with the onset of drug use and transitioning into greater involvement with drug use.

Objective: To use cross-national data to examine time-space variation in cohort-level drug use to assess its associations with onset and transitions across stages of drug use, abuse, dependence, and remission.

Design, Setting, and Participants: The World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys carried out cross-sectional general population surveys in 25 countries using a consistent research protocol and assessment instrument. Adults from representative household samples were interviewed face-to-face in the …