white and Asian students.
While white students make up 78.8 percent of the population in a Newark school district, they only make up 60.7 percent of the referrals to law enforcement. The others are supplemented by African-Americans, who make up just 4.2 percent of the district but 19.3 percent of the referrals, and Hispanics who are 7.8 percent of the population and 14.7 percent of the referrals.
Drug abuse can be decreased, along with dropout rates, if fair and equal standards are practiced both in school districts and in our laws, the report suggests.
Author: Ryan Beitler
An editor and contributor to Addiction Now, Ryan Beitler is a journalist, fiction writer, musician, and travel writer. He has written for Paste Magazine, OC Weekly, numerous addiction recovery publications, and his travel blog Our Little Blue Rock. He lives in Southern California. Contact Ryan at ryanrbeitler@gmail.com or ryanb@addictionnow.com.
