The present investigation also involved tests focused on current (past-year) marijuana use in relation to lifetime and current indices of panic psychopathology. Results indicated a consistent association between current (past-year) marijuana use and lifetime as well as current panic attacks. Specifically, after adjusting for sociodemographic variables and lifetime alcohol or drug abuse/dependence as well as nicotine dependence, current marijuana use was significantly associated with a lifetime and current history of panic attacks. These results add uniquely to the present empirical literature regarding marijuana–panic associations by indicating that current (past-year) marijuana use is consistently related to panic attacks when considered from either a lifetime or current (past-year) timeframe. It is interesting that a different pattern of results emerged between current (past-year) marijuana use and lifetime and current indices of panic disorder. Here, no significant relation was observed between current marijuana use and a lifetime or current panic disorder history (see Table 1). One possible explanation for such findings is that certain subsets of “emotionally vulnerable” current marijuana users may discontinue use of the drug if they start to develop anxious apprehension
