On average, 482 of every 100,000 black men sentenced to prison are sent there on drug charges, compared with just 36 of every 100,000 white men. The U.S. Department of Justice found that of the drug offenders appearing in state court 37 percent are white and 61 percent are black. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control conclude that the number of white high school students currently using cocaine in the U.S. is 4.1 percent compared to 1.1 percent of black high school students. That last statistic is worth repeating: White high school kids are almost four times more likely to use cocaine than black youths.