Racism: Alive and Kicking
Here is a really horrifying story. Some in the US are calling for a return of pharmaceutical testing on inmates, which was stopped in the 70's because of - geewhiz who woulda thunk it - abuse.
The prison population in the US is comprised mainly of minorities (PDF-see page 8), with black men being 5 times more likely to go to prison than white men. Ethnic minorities comprise 66% (2004) of prison inmates, while making up about 33% of the general population.
I guess it's just too damn expensive to keep on doing drug trials in the third world.
Luckily we're creating our very own (PDF).
As an aside; since 1995, the incarceration rate in US prisons has risen from 193 per 100,00 to 243 per 100,00 in 2004. That's more than a 25% increase in 9 years.
The prison population in the US is comprised mainly of minorities (PDF-see page 8), with black men being 5 times more likely to go to prison than white men. Ethnic minorities comprise 66% (2004) of prison inmates, while making up about 33% of the general population.
I guess it's just too damn expensive to keep on doing drug trials in the third world.
Luckily we're creating our very own (PDF).
As an aside; since 1995, the incarceration rate in US prisons has risen from 193 per 100,00 to 243 per 100,00 in 2004. That's more than a 25% increase in 9 years.
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