# Roughly half reject the idea that wider naloxone access encourages drug use

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> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Nearly half of Americans (49%) disagree that making naloxone widely available in a community would increase drug use, including 21% who strongly disagree, according to a Verasight survey conducted Nov. 14-20, 2025.

About 28% think it would, including 8% who agree strongly, while 23% neither agree nor disagree.

## Topline

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statement: "Making naloxone widely available in a community also increase

Roughly half reject the idea that wider naloxone access encourages drug use.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Disagree: 27.8%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 22.9%
- Strongly disagree: 21.2%
- Agree: 20.0%
- Strongly agree: 8.1%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-11-14 → 2025-11-20
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: Module 2
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#naloxone-availability-and-opioid-use](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#naloxone-availability-and-opioid-use)

## Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2025-148, fielded November 14-20, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#naloxone-availability-and-opioid-use](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#naloxone-availability-and-opioid-use)