The effect of controls on sedatives and hypnotics on their use for suicide.
The requirement of prescriptions for sedatives and hypnotics in Japan led to a decrease in their use for suicide but did not lead to an increase in the use of other methods for suicide, suggesting that people did not switch methods for suicide as one method became less available.
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Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey 08240.
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D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007564:Japan; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives