%A M. H. Habil %A R. Abd Rashid %A A. H. Sulaiman %A H. Peters %A M. M. Ahmad Zahari %A A. S. Amer Nordin %A H. Zakaria %A Noorzurani Robson %A M. A. Said %A A. Ahmad Adham %J International Journal of Addiction Sciences %T Substance Abuse And Violence Behavior %X Objectives: This paper examines the relationship of various licit/illicit substances and their association with violent behaviors. Methodology: The selection of related articles was searched via various database including google scholar, ovid and sciencedirect search engines. Results: Most of the literatures suggest presence of association of various substance use with violent behavior but no definite causal relationship between them. Conclusion: Further study is needed to determine the extended relationship in between substance use and violence. %N 1 %K dependence, substance, violence, %V 1 %D 2010 %L cogprints8257