That article is poorly sourced and largely has to do with black gays (meth has been used in the gay community for years now though). But only a small minority of black men are gay anyway and an even smaller number of them are engaging in the drug taking behaviors of their white counterparts.
But like I said, as far as black people in general are concerned, the evidence is...
thin, if not wholly nonexistant. And to excuse the obvious lack of citations or any real evidence of this so-called rising trend, the author states
"A google search on this problem will only bring back a few documented instances of how bad it is becoming for Black folks in major metro areas." So all that's really saying is
"well, you won't find much evidence to back up what I'm saying ...but believe me anyway!" It don't work like that.
The article goes on to say meth '
appears to be overtaking crack and powder cocaine in LA’s Black neighborhoods.' Well, first of all that's not surprising because people have mostly moved away from crack overall and powder never really took off LIKE THAT in the BC in the first place. That proves nothing. Coconut water could "overtake" coke and crack in the BC if that's the case.