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   Couples who smoke pot together show reduced rates of domestic violence   
      
   Research finds a lowered rate of domestic violence among married couples who   
   smoke pot at least a couple of times a month.   
      
   Couples who smoke pot together show reduced rates of domestic violence   
   Daily Digest News | Vanessa Blanchard | August 26, 2014   
        
   Couples who smoke pot together are less likely to experience domestic   
   violence, says a new study published in the online journal Psychology of   
   Addictive Behaviors.   
      
   The lowest rate of domestic violence was recorded in heterosexual couples who   
   both smoked pot more than once a week.   
      
   		   
   The research was conducted using 634 married couples. All the couples were   
   recruited as they were obtaining their marriage licenses. Questions in the   
   survey given to the couples asked about the frequency of acts of intimate   
   partner violence (IPV) in the    
   last year as well as how often each person smoked marijuana. A six point   
   Likert scale was used that ranged from "not at all" to "more than once a   
   week." Following the initial assessment, couples were asked to participate in   
   follow-up surveys that took    
   place on their first, second, fourth, seventh and ninth anniversaries.   
      
   Though researchers are cautious to assert any definite conclusions from the   
   outcome, when controlling for the rate of marijuana usage within the couples,   
   they found that fewer incidents of IPV occurred in those who smoked regularly.   
      
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   "It is possible, for example, that -- similar to a drinking partnership --   
   couples who use marijuana together may share similar values and social   
   circles, and it is this similarity that is responsible for reducing the   
   likelihood of conflict," said lead    
   author, Philip H. Smith, PhD, associate research scientist for the Department   
   of Psychiatry at Yale.   
      
   Reduction in the number of IPV incidents among the couples was present in   
   those who smoked pot more than a couple of times a month. However, the   
   greatest reduction in these rates was found among those who smoked with the   
   greatest frequency.   
      
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   Women who had a history of committing acts of domestic violence and who smoked   
   pot frequently did not follow that trend. Instead, they appeared to be more   
   prone to violent acts against their spouses.   
      
   Smith finds the results of the study both limited and fascinating. "We would   
   like to see research replicating these findings, and research examining   
   day-to-day marijuana and alcohol use and the likelihood to IPV on the same day   
   before drawing stronger    
   conclusions," he said.   
      
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   Limitations in the study include the use of only heterosexual couples who were   
   starting their first marriage and managed to stay married the entire duration   
   of the follow ups. The study did not consider how marijuana use could affect   
   daily life or reduce    
   violent incidences on a daily level.   
      
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