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Old 01-06-2012, 04:36 PM
 
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Your posts are the epidomy of my point, OhBeeHave.

 
Old 01-06-2012, 05:02 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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Most importantly, Vermonters need to stop blaming the drug problem on drugs being brought into the state. Drugs being brought in isn't the problem. The problem is that a larger percentage of Vermonters are users compared to other states. That's what needs to be addressed. And Vermont is such a close knit community that there is no way everyone doesn't know who is using and selling in their areas. Yet people aren't getting busted. It's probably because everyone knows everyone and they don't want to bust a friend's son.
Hopes, the above statement is a huge assumption on your part. Do you even live in Vermont?
 
Old 01-06-2012, 05:50 PM
 
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Hopes, the above statement is a huge assumption on your part. Do you even live in Vermont?
The only assumption was my last sentence.

I can't think of any more logical reason the white dealers and users aren't being busted in proper demographic proportions.

Can you explain why?

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Do you even live in Vermont?
I'm the dreaded outsider who couldn't possibly know anything.
 
Old 01-07-2012, 05:30 AM
 
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The only assumption was my last sentence.

I can't think of any more logical reason the white dealers and users aren't being busted in proper demographic proportions.

Can you explain why?


I'm the dreaded outsider who couldn't possibly know anything.
What makes you think the "white" dealers aren't being busted proportionately to other races?

You are painting broad strokes here, without any personal experience.
 
Old 01-07-2012, 11:11 AM
 
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What makes you think the "white" dealers aren't being busted proportionately to other races?

You are painting broad strokes here, without any personal experience.
OMGoodness. It's a statistically fact. Blacks are arrested at a higher rate than whites in Vermont for drugs, but the addiction rate of the state is at 11.49% whereas the black population is only 1/2% of Vermont's population. Do the math. That means more whites are addicted and dealing drugs than blacks, yet a greater percentage of blacks are arrested than whites. That's what not being "busted proportionately" means. I'm surprised I have to clarify something so simple, but perhaps you didn't read the previous posts, mine and others, in entirety as a collection and in context.
 
Old 01-07-2012, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Inis Fada
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OMGoodness. It's a statistically fact. Blacks are arrested at a higher rate than whites in Vermont for drugs, but the addiction rate of the state is at 11.49% whereas the black population is only 1/2% of Vermont's population. Do the math. That means more whites are addicted and dealing drugs than blacks, yet a greater percentage of blacks are arrested than whites. That's what not being "busted proportionately" means. I'm surprised I have to clarify something so simple, but perhaps you didn't read the previous posts, mine and others, in entirety as a collection and in context.
It might be more helpful to your point if you cited where you found your statistics.
 
Old 01-07-2012, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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It might be more helpful to your point if you cited where you found your statistics.
Yes, I would like to see those stats for myself, especially the 11.49% addiction rate.
 
Old 01-07-2012, 03:15 PM
 
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Yes, I would like to see those stats for myself, especially the 11.49% addiction rate.
This isn't exactly my favorite topic, but I looked into it a little. The 11.49% figure from Hopes came from here: Tables of Model-Based Estimates, State Estimates from the 2006-2007 NSDUH, SAMHSA OAS. Actually, the 11.49% is estimated Vermont 2006 and 2007 "Illicit Drug Use in Past Month," which is not the same as addiction, so that point was misleading.

I found some other information here: http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/fil...s0309web_1.pdf. According to this report, in 2006, drug arrests in Vermont were 6% black, 94% white. There were 2681 black arrests per 100,000 black population compared to 310 white arrests per 100,000 white population. So it's true that blacks are far more likely to be arrested for drugs in Vermont than whites. In those last figures, it certainly looks as if blacks are being targeted, but the ratio of black arrests to white arrests per 100,000 of each race is high in all states. Vermont is higher than average, but not as bad as Iowa, Minnesota or Kentucky. I think police profiling is common everywhere, and the statistics look worse in very white states, simply because blacks stand out more. From this information, I wouldn't say Vermont is more racist than other states.
 
Old 01-07-2012, 04:25 PM
 
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There were 2681 black arrests per 100,000 black population compared to 310 white arrests per 100,000 white population. So it's true that blacks are far more likely to be arrested for drugs in Vermont than whites.
Most of the blacks arrested for selling drugs in Vermont are from Massachusetts and New York. The Vermont population means nothing.
 
Old 01-07-2012, 04:27 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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OMGoodness. It's a statistically fact. Blacks are arrested at a higher rate than whites in Vermont for drugs, but the addiction rate of the state is at 11.49% whereas the black population is only 1/2% of Vermont's population. Do the math. That means more whites are addicted and dealing drugs than blacks, yet a greater percentage of blacks are arrested than whites.
actually it doesn't. you can't draw that from an addiction rate. plenty of blacks are dealing drugs and not addicted.

blacks getting a raw deal in Vermont. now that's funny.
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