0930-0110 NSDUH 2022_ Public Comments Response Matrix CBHSQ 62121

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request 0930-0110 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 86 FR 17614 (April 05, 2021)
Summary of Comments and SAMHSA’s Responses as of 06/04/2020
Comment
Number
1

Date
Received
4/4/2021

2

Organizations
Chela Fiorini
Alz Notes

Summary of Comments
The commenter recommended replacing "marijuana/marihuana" or any similar slang or slur and use the proper
term, cannabis

SAMHSA’s Response
The current questionnaire includes the following terminology: "marijuana and
cannabis products, sometimes called pot, weed, hashish, or concentrates." We keep a
wide variety of definitions in the survey to be inclusive of all terms that respondents
may have heard of/use to describe marijuana/cannabis.
SAMHSA appreciates the comment but will not be making the recommended
revision. We do ask respondents "Was all of your marijuana or cannabis product use
in the past 12 months recommended by a doctor or other health care professional?"

4/4/2021

Chela Fiorini
Alz Notes

The commenter recommended asking for reasons for using cannabis

3

4/4/2021

SAMHSA currently includes age of marijuana users in the NSDUH survey.

4

6/3/2021

Chela Fiorini
The commenter recommended asking the age of users
Alz Notes
M. David Dobbins
The commenter recommended changing the wording of the introduction to the vaping section to include brand
Chief Operating Officer names.
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5

6/3/2021

M. David Dobbins
The commenter recommended changing the wording for variables VPLIF, VPLIFREF, VPFT, VPFTYRa,
Chief Operating Officer VPFTYRb, VPFTMOa, VPFTMOb, VPPM, VPREC, VPRECDK, CPRECREF, CRRMNUM, VPPMNUNR from
"vape nicotine with an e-cigarette or other vaping device?" to "use an e-cigarette or other vaping device with
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nicotine?"

SAMHSA appreciates the comment but will not be making the recommended
revision as the wording was selected to clearly delineate vaping nicotine as opposed
to other substances. As suggested, someone may not understand that we want to
know about using e-cigarettes with nicotine or may think they are two separate
categories (using an e-cigarette and/or vaping device with nicotine).

6

6/3/2021

M. David Dobbins
The commenter recommended changing VPPMNUNR from a categorical to a continuous variable.
Chief Operating Officer
Truth Initiative

SAMHSA has already included this variable as a continuous variable in the 2022
NSDUH survey instrument. Located directly before VPPMNUNR, VPPMNUM asks
respondents the number of days they vaped nicotine with an e-cigarette or other
vaping device during the past 30 days. Respondents who answer with 'don't know' or
refused to answer VPPMNUM are then asked a categorical version of the question
(VPPMNUNR).

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6/3/2021

M. David Dobbins
The commenter recommended adding an additional question about the type of e-cigarette used.
Chief Operating Officer
Truth Initiative

SAMHSA appreciates the comment but will not be making the recommended
revision. However, we will consider it in future iterations.

8

6/3/2021

M. David Dobbins
The commenter recommended adding an additional question about the brand of e-cigarette used.
Chief Operating Officer
Truth Initiative

SAMHSA appreciates the comment but will not be making the recommended
revision. However, we will consider it in future iterations.

9

6/3/2021

M. David Dobbins
The commenter recommended asking about the use of heated tobacco products.
Chief Operating Officer
Truth Initiative

SAMHSA appreciates the comment but will not be making the recommended
revision. However, we will consider it in future iterations.

10

6/3/2021

M. David Dobbins
The commenter recommended asking about the use of nicotine pouches.
Chief Operating Officer
Truth Initiative

SAMHSA appreciates the comment but will not be making the recommended
revision. However, we will consider it in future iterations.

SAMHSA appreciates the comment but will not be making the recommended
revision. However, we will consider it in future iterations.

11

6/4/2021

Mary-Sumpter Lapinski The commenter recommended making CBD its own module of moving to emerging issues module
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SAMHSA appreciates the recommendation. The module is currently set up so that
CBD questions appear before marijuana questions as to not confuse or lead
respondents.

12

6/4/2021

Mary-Sumpter Lapinski The commenter recommended expanding the ways in which marijuana is consumed (e.g. oils, tinctures, topicals,
Vice President, Global vaping, flower, beverages, edibles, and all other ingestible forms)
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Greenwich Biosciences

SAMHSA already included this expanded terminology in the 2022 NSDUH survey
instrument. The exact wording is "The next questions are about marijuana and
cannabis products, sometimes called pot, weed, hashish, or concentrates. Some of the
ways these products can be used are smoking (such as in joints, pipes, bongs, blunts,
or hookahs), vaping (using vape pens, dab pens, tabletop vaporizers, or portable
vaporizers), dabbing, eating or drinking, or applying as a lotion."

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6/4/2021

Mary-Sumpter Lapinski The commenter recommended expanding questions about purchasing to include establishments authorized under
Vice President, Global state law to sell and dispense marijuana.
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Greenwich Biosciences

SAMHSA already includes a question in the 2022 NSDUH such as this "The last
time you bought marijuana or cannabis products, did you buy it from either a store or
dispensary?" (MJE06)