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Alcohol use more likely among Black youths at racially segregated schools

  • Written by Guangyi Wang, Research Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
Alcohol use more likely among Black youths at racially segregated schoolsCould structural racism in U.S. schools lead more young African Americans to drink?Jose A. Bernat Bacete / Getty Images

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Black youths who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have drinking and behavior problems during childhood than Black youths in less...

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