Of the more than 200,000 people incarcerated in state prisons for drug offenses in a recent year, 45 percent were black, as opposed to 30 percent who were white.

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According to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and various reports on the U.S. prison population, a disproportionate number of those incarcerated for drug offenses are black compared to their white counterparts, reflecting systemic racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

Of the More Than 200,000 People Incarcerated in State Prisons