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GLP-1 Users Show 60% Lower Violence Link, Rutgers Finds

6/17/2026

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Rutgers researchers led by Daniel Semenza of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center reported that current GLP-1 drug users show a 62 % weaker link between impulsivity and violence.
They also found a 52 % weaker association between alcohol use and violence for the same users.
The cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative 7,521-adult survey (597 current GLP-1 users) was published in Criminology, with authors planning longitudinal follow-up to test causality.

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Rutgers researchers led by Daniel Semenza of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center reported that current GLP-1 drug users show a 62 % weaker link between impulsivity and violence.
They also found a 52 % weaker association between alcohol use and violence for the same users.
The cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative 7,521-adult survey (597 current GLP-1 users) was published in Criminology, with authors planning longitudinal follow-up to test causality.