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ABC News "Nightline" Drugs and Alcohol Poll, August 1988 (ICPSR 9180)
Released/updated on: 2006-11-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1988-08-30--1988-09-01
Focusing on drug and alcohol abuse, this survey solicited respondents" opinions on the most important problem facing the country, government prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s, the use of drugs or alcohol for enjoyment, the relative severity of drug and alcohol abuse in the respondent"s community, federal spending on drug abuse, and the relative effectiveness in controlling the use of drugs of strategies such as stopping illegal importation, arresting drug sellers, arresting drug users, and educating the public. In addition, respondents were asked if various substances (e.g., marijuana, LSD, alcohol, and cigarettes) were dangerous to their health, which caused the most trouble in society, and if substances such as cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and heroin should be legal or illegal for an adult to buy. They also were asked if they agreed or disagreed with the following statements: (1) Drug abuse wouldn"t stop because people continue to want drugs, (2) People should be allowed to take drugs as long as they don"t hurt someone else, (3) Current fears about an illegal drug crisis were inflated, and (4) Illegal drug use had become a central part of American society. Other topics covered include the possible outcomes of legalization of various drugs. The results of the poll were announced on the ABC television program "Nightline." Background information on respondents includes education, age, race, sex, and state/region of residence.
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ABC News/USA TODAY/Stanford University Pain Poll, April 2005 (ICPSR 4325)
Released/updated on: 2006-03-06
Geographic coverage: United States
This special topic poll, conducted April 13-19, 2005, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The focus of this data collection was on respondents' experiences with pain and medications designed to alleviate pain. Respondents were queried on their level of life satisfaction, their personal health, how often they experienced physical pain, the type(s) of pain they usually experienced, and whether they had health insurance coverage. Additional questions addressed respondents' most recent experience with physical pain, their experiences with obtaining assistance from health care professionals in dealing with the pain, and how much control respondents felt they possessed over the pain. Respondents were further queried on their experiences, if any, with the medications Vioxx or Bextra, Celebrex, and Aleve. Background information includes age, education, household income, race, sex, and urban characteristics (large city, rural, small city, or suburb).
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Synthetic North Carolina Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Data, 2009-2013 (ICPSR 36052)
Released/updated on: 2017-12-12
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, United States
Time period: 2009-01-01--2013-01-01
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
The misuse, abuse and diversion of controlled substances have reached epidemic proportion in the United States. Contributing to this problem are providers who over-prescribe these substances. The researchers in this study developed a series of metrics to identify providers manifesting unusual prescribing practices using one state's prescription monitoring program.
The collection includes 1 Excel data file with 10,000 cases and 13 variables (2015_NC_PDMP_Synthetic_Data_Set.xlsx).
Users should note the included data file is a synthetic dataset constructed with the same variance and distributions as the original data.
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Simple Crosstabs
U.S. State Opioid Policy Taxonomy Delphi Study, 2020-2021 (ICPSR 39342)
Released/updated on: 2025-06-24
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2020-05-01--2021-04-01
The U.S. State Opioid Policy Taxonomy Delphi Study, 2020-2021 consists of survey data collected from experts in the realm of opioid legislation to assess opinions about the impact of this legislation on opioid-related harm. Using a modified Delphi expert process, this study aims to develop a taxonomy of opioid legislation. The survey rounds consist of an initial survey, and a follow-up survey one year later to gauge opinions about overall legislative impact.
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Washington Post Poll, June 1988 (ICPSR 9065)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1988-06-15--1988-06-19
This survey focuses on a variety of social and political issues with an emphasis on the Reagan presidency and the drug problem in the United States. Respondents were asked if they approved or disapproved of Reagan's handling of the presidency, what had been Reagan's greatest successes and failures as president, what grade the respondent would give the Reagan administration for it's handling over the past eight years of such problems as unemployment, inflation, poverty, crime, and improving the quality of public education. In addition, respondents were asked if they agreed or disagreed with a series of statements regarding Reagan's policies and performance, and what changes they perceived as a result of the Reagan presidency in areas such as military power, federal spending, and United States influence in the world. Topics covered in the series of questions relating to drugs include legalization of cocaine, the respondent's degree of concern about various problems relating to illegal drugs, if illegal drugs were a problem in the respondent's general neighborhood, high school, and workplace, mandatory drug testing, and various proposed measures to reduce the drug problem. Respondents also were asked their preference for presidential candidates George Bush or Michael Dukakis and the strength of their support. Background information on respondents includes political alignment, 1984 presidential vote choice, education, age, religion, marital status, household composition, labor union membership, race, income, and state/region of residence.