I erred in my statement above.   The numbers are for men only among ethnic groups. I all ethnic groups a greater percentage of men drink alcohol.   However, white women do drink alcohol more than women in any other ethnic group, also.

There is a wide perception that minority races have greater rates of alcohol and drug use than do white Americans, and it isn't true.  And it says a lot about the foundational racism of this culture that so many people believe they do.

Europeans have had alcohol for more than a thousand years, if not longer.   I don't know how long, but certainly if you include Rome and Greece, alcohol has been in Europe for more than 3,000 years.    Native Americans did not have alcohol, or sugar.    And in the Western US, at least, it hasn't been centuries since contact between the people.   It's been about 150 years or less.  It makes a big difference in the effect alcohol has on people whether their ancestors have been using it for 3000 years or not.