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9	9	Using data from SAMHSA, the ACLU reported that blacks report slightly higher cannabis use in the past month and past year, but whites report higher lifetime usage (50.7% for whites compared to 42.4% for blacks). Even though whites seem to use cannabis at higher rates overall, blacks are still arrested at higher rates for drug use [[(Edwards et al. 2020)>>https://www.aclu.org/report/tale-two-countries-racially-targeted-arrests-era-marijuana-reform]]. {{footnote}} https://www.aclu.org/publications/tale-two-countries-racially-targeted-arrests-era-marijuana-reform{{/footnote}} [[Human Rights Watch (2009)>>https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/03/02/decades-disparity/drug-arrests-and-race-united-states#]] {{footnote}} https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/03/02/decades-disparity/drug-arrests-and-race-united-states{{/footnote}} remarked that blacks are more likely to be arrested for drug offenses, but this can not be pinned onto higher drug use among blacks since blacks and whites use drugs at similar rates [[(Gorvin 2008)>>https://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/us0508/]] {{footnote}} https://www.hrw.org/report/2008/05/05/targeting-blacks/drug-law-enforcement-and-race-united-states{{/footnote}} [[Edwards et al. (2003)>>https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/1114413-mj-report-rfs-rel1.pdf]] {{footnote}} https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/1114413-mj-report-rfs-rel1.pdf{{/footnote}} found similar results as the above 2020 revised report, and they offer a chart which seems be used quite often when discussing this issue:
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13	13	Utilizing a probability-based sample of 4,580 college students who completed an online questionnaire, [[McCabe et al. (2007)>>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377408/]] {{footnote}} https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377408/{{/footnote}} found that Hispanic and white students reported higher drug use in college and before entering college when compared to blacks and Asians. The evidence seems quite clear, and to some only a fool would deny this as many analysis have found blacks to be more likely to be arrested for drug use even though nationwide data shows similar rates of drug use (see [[Owusu-Bempah and Luscombe 2020>>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33011019/]] {{footnote}} https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33011019/{{/footnote}}; [[Hughes 2020>>https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-police-s-marijuana-enforcement-continues-15438317.php]] {{footnote}} https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-police-s-marijuana-enforcement-continues-15438317.php{{/footnote}}; [[SPLC 2018>>https://www.splcenter.org/20181018/alabamas-war-marijuana#fiscal-cost]] {{footnote}} https://www.splcenter.org/20181018/alabamas-war-marijuana#fiscal-cost{{/footnote}}; see the report by the [[Justice Policy Institute>>http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/vortex.pdf]] {{footnote}}https://web.archive.org/web/20200710144922/http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/vortex.pdf{{/footnote}}, too). Many commentators, like the Youtube political commentator [[Vaush>>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ido70LgXsEhxcnyXE7RVS0wYJZc6aeVTpujCUPQgTrE/mobilebasic]] {{footnote}} https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ido70LgXsEhxcnyXE7RVS0wYJZc6aeVTpujCUPQgTrE/mobilebasic{{/footnote}} and the political pundit Van Jones (in [[Emery 2016>>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/13/van-jones/van-jones-claim-drug-use-imprisonment-rates-blacks/]] {{footnote}} https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/13/van-jones/van-jones-claim-drug-use-imprisonment-rates-blacks/{{/footnote}}), have echoed these findings as proof of systemic racism in the criminal justice system.
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