[jyounker]

We know, based on statements from ex-agents within the DEA, that the DEA didn't go after drug use in white suburban communities because it would have been politically untenable.

The incarceration patterns therefore reflect this political bias.

[sokoloff]

Though I think your statement is likely overall true, in a sub-thread about biased conclusions from data, it's important to observe that from the statements of those ex-agents, all you can conclude is that parts of the DEA didn't go after drug use in white suburbia...