Lead: Public Views About Opioid Overdose and People With Opioid Use Disorder
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Lead: Public Views About Opioid Overdose and People With Opioid Use Disorder
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Public Views About Opioid Overdose and People With Opioid Use Disorder
JAMA Network Open
This study completed a national web-based survey of 1552 adults in the United States in April 2025 to assess perceptions of opioid overdose deaths and opinions of people who use opioids. Those who responded to the survey primarily identified as female (60.5%) and aged 30-44 (33.7%). Political views varied, with 28.9% conservatives, 39.6% moderates, and 31.5% liberals. Most respondents viewed opioid overdose deaths as serious (88.2%). Respondents felt that people who use opioids (81%) and pharmaceutical companies (72.7%) were most responsible for reducing overdose deaths, with more liberals identifying pharmaceutical companies as responsible while moderates and conservatives more often identified individuals as responsible. 38.3% of respondents reported they were unwilling to have a person with OUD as a neighbor and 58.4% were unwilling to have a person with OUD marry into their family, with higher percentages of conservatives than liberals endorsing these beliefs.
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