Also consistent with the findings from other studies (Shmulewitz et al., 2010; Hasin et al., 2012), we found that the legal criterion was endorsed far less often than the other 11 criteria, demonstrating its limited diagnostic utility. This was the case here, despite the fact that the study sample had an overrepresentation of substance-dependent individuals. Moreover, omission of the legal criterion resulted in a negligible amount of diagnostic switching. Thus, the findings presented here support the decision to omit this criterion.
