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Understanding US residents\u2019 current views on opioid overdose and addiction can inform future efforts to address these issues.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To examine how US adults view opioid overdose and people with opioid addiction in 2025, and how views vary by conservative, moderate, or liberal ideology.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This web-based survey of a national sample of adults who identified their race and ethnicity as non-Hispanic or Hispanic Black or non-Hispanic White was fielded April 7 to 28, 2025.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n Respondents rated their perceptions of the seriousness of opioid overdose deaths in the US; the degree to which they viewed people who use opioids, their family members, pharmaceutical companies, governments (federal, state, and local), or nonprofits as responsible for reducing overdose deaths; and social distance attitudes (willingness to have a person with opioid addiction as a neighbor or marry into their family).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Among the 1552 survey respondents (939 female [60.5%]; 523 aged 30-44 years [33.7%]; 756 non-Hispanic or Hispanic Black [48.7%]; 796 non-Hispanic White [51.3%]), 448 (28.9%) politically identified as conservatives, 615 (39.6%) as moderates, and 489 (31.5%) as liberals. Overall, 88.2% (95% CI, 86.0%-90.1%) of adults viewed opioid overdose deaths as serious, as did 83.4% (95% CI, 78.8%-87.1%) of conservatives, 88.7% (95% CI, 85.2%-91.5%) of moderates, and 93.4% (95% CI, 90.4%-95.6%) of liberals. Respondents viewed people who use opioids (81.0%; 95% CI, 78.4%-83.4%) and pharmaceutical companies (72.7%; 95% CI, 69.7%-75.4%) as most responsible for reducing overdose deaths. More liberals (83.4%; 95% CI, 78.6%-87.3%) identified pharmaceutical companies as responsible than people who use opioids (69.6%; 95% CI, 64.0%-74.3%). Regarding social distance, 38.3% (95% CI, 35.3%-41.5%) of respondents were unwilling to have a person with opioid addiction as a neighbor and 58.4% (95% CI, 38.5%-61.5%) were unwilling to have a person with opioid addiction marry into their family. Desire for social distance was greater among conservatives (neighbor: 52.0%; 95% CI, 46.5%-57.4%; marry: 71.0%; 95% CI, 65.9%-75.7%) vs moderates (neighbor: 34.0%; 95% CI, 29.2%-39.2%; marry: 54.4%; 95% CI, 49.2%-59.5%) or liberals (neighbor: 27.0%; 95% CI, 22.3%-32.4%; marry: 48.0%; 95% CI, 42.3%-53.7%).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this 2025 survey study, US adults viewed opioid overdose as a serious problem. 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