Blacks Smoke Marijuana Less Than Whites, Get Arrested More - Business Insider
Blacks Smoke Marijuana Less Than Whites, Get Arrested More
Blacks Smoke Marijuana Less Than Whites, Get Arrested More - Business Insider
Blacks Smoke Marijuana Less Than Whites, Get Arrested More
Society for the Study of Social Problems Setting the Public Agenda: "Street Crime" and Drug Use in American PoliticsAuthor(s): Katherine Beckett
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From: Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine. Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
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Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., Times analysis shows - latimes.com
Drugs exceeded motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death in 2009, killing at least 37,485 people nationwide, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Marijuana smuggling and sales represent a roughly $10 billion business for Mexico's drug mafias, which earn up to 60 percent of their profits from pot, according to U.S. estimates.
Researchers from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse found that teens who have family dinners fewer than three times a week -- compared with those who have family dinners five or more times a week -- were much more likely to use drugs and alcohol and have less academic success. Teens who say they have family dinners but that there are distractions at the table also have higher rates of substance abuse that teens who have frequent family dinners without interruptions.