&gt; poor people in bad neighborhoods (of all races) tend to do more drugs<p>This is not true.  This matter has been thoroughly studied - have you a source to back up this claim?<p>Even though the drugs that are often consumed in poor neighborhoods are more likely to be criminalized, they are still used at comparable (and sometimes higher) rates in affluent neighborhoods (along with many other drugs in configurations that aren&#x27;t prohibited).<p>I don&#x27;t understand what you are asking me to source - you are the one making the claim.<p>Here&#x27;s an easy read that lays this stuff out plainly (I already linked it from my other comment, below):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;kim-farbota&#x2F;black-crime-rates-your-st_b_8078586.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;kim-farbota&#x2F;black-crime-rates-...</a>