Accused Murderer Smoked Weed

A headline in today's Times Union newspaper reads:

Troy Murder Defendant Tests Positive For Pot

As a lawyer who defends marijuana defendants I may be a little sensitive, but is the Times Union trying to tie marijuana to violent behavior? Law enforcement and the media in general have been trying to sell the myth that marijuana causes violent behavior in users for years now. Anyone that claims marijuana causes violent behavior in humans has obviously never been to a jazz concert or music festival, much less ever smoked themselves. Another myth is that the marijuana drug trade results in street violence. I live in the suburbs. As many people in the burbs smoke weed as in the inner city and no one is fighting in the streets around my house. Inner city violence is generally the result of gang activity. Any one living in downtown Albany will attest to that fact.