Last comprehensive update: Fall 2015; supplement updated December 2016
Note: Since this report was last updated with the 2016 supplement, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Utah passed comprehensive medical cannabis laws, and some programs — notably North Dakota’s — have been revised. For more updated information, visit the materials on our medical marijuana page.
The plain and simple truth is that alcohol fuels violent behavior and marijuana does not ... alcohol contributes to literally millions of acts of violence in the United States each year. It is a major contributing factor to crimes like domestic violence, sexual assault, and homicide. Marijuana use, on the other hand, is absent in that regard from both crime reports and the scientific literature. There is simply no causal link to be found.