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[quote=Anonymous]Research shows that the rate of [b]drug use and drug addiction is higher among white teens[/b] than it is among African-American teens.  African-American teens and Asian-American teens have the [i]lowest[/i] rate of use among US teens.

Seriously, folks, keeping your kids away from rap music will not protect them from drugs. In fact, I wonder if they might be safer at at Banneker (the majority black magnet high school where the kids work really hard) than in an exclusive private school full of well-to-do white kids.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/08/teen-drug-and-alcohol-use_n_1082219.html

[quote]"There is certainly still a myth out there that black kids are more likely to have problems with drugs than white kids, and this documents as clearly as any study we're aware of that the rate of ... substance-related disorders among African American youths is significantly lower," Dan Blazer from Duke's Department of Psychiatry, a senior author of the study, told the Raleigh News & Observer.[/quote]
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