My strong guess is the number and selection of survey participants are flawed!
Just 1,500 survey participants is not a whole lot! There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
There are strong incentives to inflate the numbers: More money for research, care etc. There is also this strong notion/prejudice that the US must be a nation of drug addicts.
"... A survey of American adults found that 11% reported illicit opioid use within the past 12 months and 7.5% reported use of illicitly produced fentanyl during the same period, rates that are more than 20 times higher than estimates from a large federal study that annually asks Americans about their use of illicit drugs. ...
Researchers from RAND and the University of Southern California surveyed 1,515 American adults during June 2024 using a large, representative online panel of Americans. Participants were asked about use of non-prescription opioids within the past 12 months, with heroin and illicitly-manufactured fentanyl given as examples. ..."
"... Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey with targeted demographic quotas from June 10, 2024, to June 17, 2024. A total of 1515 participants aged 18 years and older from the US completed the survey. The analysis was conducted between June 30, 2024, and February 13, 2025. ..."
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