With prohibition in full force it was expected that many would seek other outlet for vice, and naturally the one most prominent, and which was considered next in importance was that of narcotic drug addiction. This problem has been a source of worry to the medical and legal profession as well as the social workers and investigators for many years, but only recently has it become so well recognized as an evil by the public, and only within a compartively short time has the necessity arisen for health departments of municipalities to devise means for curbing it. The two most noteworthy efforts along this line have been the establishment of drug clinics in New York and New Orleans. A few other cities have followed their example. The New Orleans Clinic was started in early 1919, under the control of the Louisiana State Board of Health. For the first few months