Research: National Drug Use Surveys

National Drug Use Surveys

National Drug Use Survey Capabilities

 

RMPDS is a leader in online population health surveys to capture drug use behaviors across the US and Canada.

National drug use surveys are a critical component of RMPDS’s mosaic surveillance methods, providing a robust way to measure prevalence of drug use and associated behaviors. Through rigorous survey design and online panel engagement, our tools capture prescription and over-the-counter medications, illicit drugs, cannabis, and other substances. 

These data are used by federal agencies including the FDA, Health Canada, and SAMHSA, state governments, drug sponsors, and advocacy and public health interest groups. 
 

Learn more about our National Drug Use Survey capabilities:

•    In 2025 Rocky Mountain will survey more than 131,400 people in the United States and Canada and more than 487,000 people since 2019
•    Survey design best practices: reliability testing, validation measures, and careless response mitigation
•    Ability to reach special populations: Veterans, students, racial groups, older adults, adolescents
•    Customize: deploy quickly with stakeholder-specific survey questions
•    Follow up and longitudinal methods: follow-up surveys and longitudinal follow up
 

Survey insights include:

  • Detailed demographics
  • National, Regional, and state level precision, census regions  
  • Validated health measures  
  • Drug specificity, down to formulations   
  • Designed to differentiate between illicit and Rx
  • Participant symptomology
  • Reason for use
  • Recency/frequency of use
  • Perceived benefits
  • Health history
  • Adverse events
 


 

 

NSIHT: National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends

National population survey monitoring the real-world use of psychedelics to understand prevalence of use, context of use, benefits, and harms.


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COUNTS: Cannabis Outcomes & Use National Target Survey

Investigation designed to provide comprehensive understanding of cannabis use and trends of use within specific cannabis formulations.


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GOLDS: General Online Longitudinal Drug Survey

Longitudinal study established to further define best practices in survey design, deployment, bias detection in survey behaviors and how drug use trajectories change as individuals lived experiences change.


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NMURx: Survey of Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs

This survey describes medication use without a doctor’s prescription and use outside what a doctor has prescribed. Prescription drugs include: opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and tranquilizers. 


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OTC: Survey of Over the Counter Medications

A fit-for-purpose survey that provides insight into the behaviors, preferences, safety, and effectiveness of over-the-counter medications and other consumer products among adults and adolescents in the US.


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Custom Built: Work with our team to design your study

Let’s discuss your research needs, our team is prepared to provide study design surveys, IRB submission, survey deployment and data collection and management services.


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Why Rocky Mountain?

With over 65 years of industry experience, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety is the leader in providing specialized services spanning the lifecycle of a drug or consumer product to public health, government agencies, and the pharmaceutical and consumer products industries.We ensure the highest level of service to our clients by meeting their unique and complex needs.

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