Record Sales of Sleeping Pills Are Causing Worries - New York Times

Record Sales of Sleeping Pills Are Causing Worries - New York Times: "February 7, 2006

Americans are taking sleeping pills like never before, fueled by frenetic workdays that do not go gently into a great night's sleep, and lulled by a surge of consumer advertising that promises safe slumber with minimal side effects.

About 42 million sleeping pill prescriptions were filled last year, according to the research company IMS Health, up nearly 60 percent since 2000."