Social Issues in the United States Drug Addiction

1,253 adults interviewed online May 14-26, 2015
Field work conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs

Some questions from this survey have been held for later release.

1. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?

Right direction 38
Wrong track 62

3b How much have you read or heard about each of these social issues in the United States today?  Drug addiction

Extensively / a lot 24
Quite a bit 24
A fair amount 21
Some 18
Not very much 10
Not at all 4

4b. How much do you feel you know about each of these social issues in the United States today? Drug addiction 

Extensive / a lot 17
Quite a bit 23
A fair amount 23
Some 22
Not very much 11
Not at all 4

5b. Using the scale below, please indicate how important you think each of these social issues is in the United States today. Drug addiction

Extremely important 34
Very important 32
Somewhat important 23
Slightly important 8
Not very important 3
Not at all important 2

7b. How widespread and common do you think each of these social issues is in the United States today? Drug addiction

Extremely 30
Very 32
Somewhat 28
Slightly 9
Not very 2
Not at all 1

8b. Do you know anyone who has personally experienced …? Drug addiction 

Yes 60
No 40

9b. How serious a problem do you think each of these social issues is for those experiencing it in the United States today? Drug addiction

Extremely serious 40
Very serious 32
Somewhat serious 20
Slightly serious 5
Not very serious 1
Not at all serious 1

10b. To what extent do you think each of these social issues is already being adequately addressed in the United States today? Drug addiction

Addressed completely 7
Addressed to a very great extent 14
Addressed somewhat 32
Addressed slightly 21
Not addressed very well 21
Not at all addressed 5

11b. For each of the following social issues in the United States today, please indicate if you have or have not spent time being personally involved in trying to help. Drug addiction

Yes, have 26
No, have not 74

12b.  How interested are you in getting personally involved in working towards a solution to each of these social issues in the United States? Drug addiction

Extremely interested 13
Very interested 17
Somewhat interested 22
Slightly interested 21
Not very interested 14
Not at all interested 12

15. Which comes closer to your view – drug addiction is the result of:  (answers were rotated):

Individual choices 73
Social factors 27