FIND THE LESSONS IN THEIR LOWER USE OF DRUGS

IT WILL surprise many that black teens in Western New York have lower rates of drug and alcohol use than their white counterparts Newport Cigarettes Website.

But it really shouldn't shock anyone. National studies have been uncovering a similar pattern for years when it comes to drugs and alcohol as well as cigarettes.

If the public doesn't know this story, it's because the differences have been downplayed by those in the media and elsewhere who are too fixated on the pathologies of the urban underclass Newport Cigarettes.

Black kids who don't fit the stereotype too often just aren't news Cheap Cigarettes Free Shipping. But they should be, for at least two good reasons.

First, reporting about them helps combats the notion that most black young people are engaged in negative behavior Marlboro Cigarettes. That should help change blind attitudes that underlie racist behavior.

Second, other groups may be able to learn from blacks' experience when it comes to keeping all teens safe from drugs, booze and cigarettes.

The Western New York data come from the Research Institute on Addictions, a one-of-a-kind state agency located here that studies addiction. The institute undertook a six-year study of 699 Buffalo-area teens and their families, weighted to reflect the area's overall population.

Among a wealth of other data, the researchers discovered that Buffalo's black

teens have lower levels of alcohol and drug use despite more often being in families with lower incomes and only one parent.

For example, while 70 percent of this area's whites aged 14 to 17 drink, only 32 percent of blacks in that age group do. And when it comes to binge drinking -- five or more drinks at a time -- white teens average 10 such incidents a year, compared to only 3.5 for blacks.

Such findings in Western New York mirror data from around the state, researchers say. They also jibe with a national study performed annually by the University of Michigan that shows black teens use drugs, booze and cigarettes at lower levels than whites Cigarettes Online.

While some studies have shown black teen drug use higher in certain subsets -- and quickly increasing -- the findings overall have been remarkably consistent in finding that, on the whole, black kids resist the lure of drugs more effectively than their white counterparts Carton Of Newport 100S.

What's still unclear is why. Sociologist Grace Barnes, lead researcher on the local study, speculates that belonging to more fundamentalist religions that place a greater emphasis on abstinence may help some black youths resist the lure. There may be other reasons, as well.

But whatever they are, we should be looking for them and finding out if something can be learned from black teens' behavior that can benefit all young people.
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