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