Violent crimes have a correlation with drugs and alcohol.

Alcohol is involved in 40-60 percent of domestic abuse.

More than half of individuals who abuse elderly parents are dependent on drugs and alcohol.

Alcohol plays a role in 35 percent or more in murders in the U.S.

Drugs and alcohol are implicated in an estimated 80 percent of offenses leading to incarceration in the U.S.

Alcohol was found to be associated with violent crimes, including murder, rape, assaults on children and spouses.

Why is there not more public awareness of violence associated with drugs and alcohol?

There is little or no studies on violent crime and marijuana. The only place you going rob after smoking pot is McDonald’s or Pizza Hut.

Terao Nakasone

Kihei