Drug Use as Determined by Interviews

Abstract

To the Editor: The recent report by Balter, Levine, and Manheimer¹ on the use of anti-anxiety and sedative drugs in nine European countries touches on only one aspect of what is becoming a social and health problem of growing concern. Using the interview technic, the authors found that 3 to 9 per cent of the Europeans interviewed stated that they had used psychoactive agents daily for one month or more during the preceding year. In comparison, it was noted that about 6 per cent of adults in the United States said they had used such drugs on a daily basis . . .