meoh-my. - Mad Gastronomer: White kids 80% more like to do drugs, black kids 1000% more likely to get arrested for them

Mad Gastronomer: White kids 80% more like to do drugs, black kids 1000% more likely to get arrested for them

Time has an article on a new study, which shows that while 9% of white kids aged 12-17 used drugs or alcohol, only 5% of African-American kids did so, even though ten times as many black youth are arrested on drug-related charges.

But this is a post-racial society.

The study, which was…