Racial Statistics on Poverty, Alcoholism and Drug Addiction?

Published August 31, 2013

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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Report: Underage Tobacco Sales at Record Lows

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The violation rate of tobacco sales to underage youth at retailers nationwide has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997 to 9.1 percent in the last fiscal year, according to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration report released Tuesday. The …
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Tayside drug deaths 'highest in decade'

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Statistics show Dundee as the drugs capital of Scotland, with the highest death rate from drugs. The city is almost double the average for Scotland, with 0.2 people per 1,000 in Dundee dying from drugs. The city saw 39 people die — more than six times …
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New DOJ Marijuana Guidelines Spark Cautious Optimism On Obama Drug War …

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Americans have the <a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/?File_id=81b53476-64a3-4088-9bae-254a84b95ddb">highest rate of illegal drug consumption in the world</a>, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and …
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