Table 1.
Descriptive Normative Perceptions about U.S. Adults Relative to National Data.
| Behavior | Valid n |
Actual National |
Normative Perception (95%CI) |
Actual Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever Used Non-Prescription Opioid Pills1 | 241 | 7.1%2 | 60.0% (57.0 – 63.0) |
95.4% |
| Ever Tried Heroin | 240 | 2.0% | 44.7% (41.7 – 47.7) |
95.2% |
| Injection Drug Use (Past Year) | 237 | 0.3% | 37.6% (34.6 – 40.6) |
74.4% |
| Consumed Alcohol (Past Month) | 238 | 55.0% | 76.7% (74.2 – 79.1) |
45.6% |
| Smoked Cigarette (Past Month) | 237 | 20.6% | 68.2% (65.6 – 70.9) |
91.1% |
| Smoked Marijuana (Past Month) | 237 | 5.5% | 63.2% (60.4 – 66.0) |
55.7% |
1
On national datasets, the current definition for prescription psychotherapeutic drug misuse includes opioids that are both prescribed and non-prescribed. In contrast, participants were asked about the use of non-prescribed opioid pills.
2
Data available for past year only