> By contrast in the WASPy Virginia suburbs where I grew up, I knew one kid with divorced parents. I didn't know anybody who got arrested, had a substance-abuse problem, etc. Almost everyone I knew went to college.

Drug abuse rates tend to be similar in such places, they just tend to use different ones and be able to afford them, at least for a while.

Same with other crimes where things like DUIs can have lawyers involved that "manage" the outcomes.