African Americans actually use illicit drugs at a higher rate than White Americans, according to SAMHSA.
Source: http://www.samhsa.gov/data/nsduh/2k11results/nsduhresults2011.htm
How can this chart be right when more whites use meth? Your chart shows blacks leading on all fronts. Also, make note your chart is from 2011, my info, was last updated April of this year.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/behavior/methuse.htmlRace/ethnicity: The largest numbers methamphetamine users are white. However, the highest rates of methamphetamine use during the past year were those for Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders (2.2%), American Indians or Alaska Natives (1.7%), and person who reported 2 or more races (1.9%). Past-year use among whites (0.7%) and Hispanics (0.5%) was higher than among blacks (including African Americans) (0.2%). 4.
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