Racial Statistics on Poverty, Alcoholism and Drug Addiction?
Question by N. in ATL: Racial statistics on poverty, alcoholism and drug addiction?
In the United States is race a factor for African Americans with respect to poverty, alcoholism and drug addiction? I’m looking for statistics to prove it exists.
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Answer by Joss
You’ll have to research to find statistics worth using. Search on the topic and you might find a few articles that mention statistics and a source. You might have to look to trade journals to find this info; something credible in the field of drug and alcohol addiction or poverty.
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Heroin overdose deaths rise in county
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In the past 10 years, prescription drugs have been partially responsible for the majority of overdose deaths in the county. However, the Darke County Coroner's Office believes that is now changing, as heroin begins to take a more prominent role …
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Massachusetts Has Lowest Pot Arrest Rate In Nation
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“We still today arrest 1.6 million people a year for non-violent drug offenses, and we imprison as many as we can — and then we have to pay for it,” said retired State Police Lt. Jack Cole, a co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an …
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An insidious path: Resurgence of heroin changes profile of 'typical' user
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The statistics of opioid or narcotic prescription drug abuse alone are troubling. According to a Center for Disease Control report, enough prescription painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult continually for a month. The …
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