The most common reason for subjects to switch from a diagnosis in DSM-IV to no diagnosis in DSM-5 was that they met only one abuse criterion and no DSM-IV dependence criteria. This accounted for 99% of the 160 such switches for alcohol, 94% of the 34 such switches for cocaine, 100% of the 32 such switches for opioids, and 98% of the 204 such switches for cannabis. The remaining switches involved individuals who met two DSM-IV criteria, one of which was the legal criterion and the other of which was one of the seven dependence criteria.
