The Changing Drug Scene: 1970-1972
JOHN F. GREDEN M.D.1,
DONALD W. MORGAN N.D., D.M.SC.2, , and
SINAI I. FRENKEL PH.D.3
1 Associate Director of Psychiatric Research, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20012
2 Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20012
3 Deputy Director, Computer Support in Military Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20012
Using the same questionnaire, the authors surveyed drug use at a military installation in 1970, 1971, and 1972. Oven the three years, the total percentage of respondents reporting previous drug use increased: the amount of use and number of current users also increased. For most drug types, the increases occurred between 1970 and 1971; heroin use, however, increased each year. The authors question the usefulness of specialized short-term drug treatment programs.
