Alcohol, drugs and human physical aggression

A study on the relation between physical aggression, alcohol and drugs reveals that alcohol-mediated aggression is influenced by the character of the consumer, characteristics of the drug and the circumstance under which alcohol is consumed. Cognitive nature and motivational states also are important for understanding the relation. Increased level of alcohol consumption and other drugs with anxiolytic/sedative effects increases the aggressiveness in human beings. Situational factors such as provocation and social pressure also increase alcohol-mediated aggression.