title: Sympathomimetic preference and ethnicity in male felons.
abstract: A disproportionate number of Euro-American inmates given either an amphetamine- or cocaine-abuse diagnosis upon admission to prison were given a diagnosis of amphetamine abuse. A disproportionate number of African-American inmates were given a cocaine-abuse diagnosis. Of the 800 consecutively admitted inmates who were given one diagnosis or the other, 68% of the cocaine abusers, but only 4% of the amphetamine abusers, were African American.
authors.affiliation: Southern Desert Correctional Center, Indian Springs, Nevada, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Templer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D019969:Amphetamine-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009505:Nevada; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*