New findings from U-M’s Monitoring the Future study show many teens underestimate fentanyl risk. More than half of eighth graders did not see great risk in trying fentanyl once or twice.
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Using data from the 2025 @mtfstudy.bsky.social, Richard Miech, @meganepatrick.bsky.social, Justin Jager & Joy Bohyun Jang found that an appreciable portion of adolescents—particularly the younger ones—were not aware of the dangers of fentanyl use myumi.ch/VDMD2
Perceived Risk of Fentanyl Use Among US Adolescents
This survey study reports on how US adolescents perceive risk related to different levels of fentanyl use.
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New research from @mtfstudy.bsky.social finds most U.S. eighth graders underestimate the dangers of fentanyl use. “Raising awareness of the lethal dangers of fentanyl use among this age group is a key strategy to reduce these deaths,” says Richard Miech, PI of the study myumi.ch/Mp9qn
Awareness gap: Teens underestimate fentanyl threat
ANN ARBOR—Most U.S. eighth graders underestimate the dangers of fentanyl use, according to a new University of Michigan study. More than half, about 52%, did not believe that experimental use of fenta...
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New research from #MonitoringtheFuture @meganepatrick.bsky.social in @ajpmonline.bsky.social shows adult nicotine pouch use increased in the U.S. from 2023-2024. High prevalence among adults who reported current or former smoking & vaping raises questions about the reasons for ⬆️ use. myumi.ch/QMryA
Nicotine Pouch Use Among U.S. Adults in 2023 and 2024
Recent expansion of U.S. nicotine pouch marketing may increase nicotine pouch use. This study estimated U.S. adult pouch use during 2023–2024 overall …
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Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use With a Romantic Partner Present: Daily Associat... (new in @jsadjournal.bsky.social 87/3) @umisr.bsky.social @meganepatrick.bsky.social @umichnews.bsky.social @mtfstudy.bsky.social @adaiuw.bsky.social @uw-psychiatry.bsky.social www.jsad.com/doi/full/10....
Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use With a Romantic Partner Present: Daily Associations With Drinking, Intoxication, and Consequences Among Young Adults: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol...
Objective: Simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use (commonly referred to as SAM) represents a significant public health concern for young adults. Romantic partners are a strong source of influence on su...
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US teens are sleeping less than at any point in the last 30+ years, according to a study in Pediatrics analyzing #MonitoringtheFuture data from 400,000+ teens btwn 1991-2023. By 2023, only ~22% of 18-19 year olds reported getting at least 7 hours of sleep. @meganepatrick.bsky.social myumi.ch/e7kZy
🚨 Applications Due Friday! 🚨 The Advanced Exploration and Analysis of the Monitoring the Future Data Workshop provides an overview of the #MonitoringTheFuture Cross-sectional and Panel studies, focusing on the public-use and restricted-use data. For more info: myumi.ch/61ApE #SumProg26 #ICPSR
Teens in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to smoke, but it depends on whether they live in rural or urban areas. A new #MonitoringtheFuture study from researchers Joy Jang & @meganepatrick.bsky.social highlights a distinct rural-urban gap in adolescent health. myumi.ch/Mpbb3
Rural-urban divide: Neighborhood conditions shape teen smoking
Teens in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to smoke, but it depends on whether they live in rural or urban areas.
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#PAA2026 kicks off on Wednesday! To see a full schedule of SRC presentations, visit: myumi.ch/mV2qZ Watch out for our intrepid intern, Abby, who will be our second set of eyes and ears in St. Louis! Check out Your St. Louis To Do List: myumi.ch/jVyRV
The deadline to apply has been extended to 5/1! Join us virtually this summer to explore all the #MonitoringtheFuture data has to offer.
Monitoring the Future@mtfstudy.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin our virtual Monitoring the Future @icpsrsummer.bsky.social workshops this summer! The workshops will provide an overview of the MTF Cross-sectional & Panel studies, focusing on the public-use & restricted-use data available from @icpsr.bsky.social & @nahdap.bsky.social Applications due 4/10
The interplay between neighborhood context and adolescent substance use is complext, varying by type of drug, socioeconomics, and whether the neighborhood is more or less urban. Bohyun Jang & @meganepatrick.bsky.social use @mtfstudy.bsky.social to examine complicated relationship myumi.ch/619JM
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Adolescent Substance Use: Differences by Urbanicity and Substance Type: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 0, No ja
Objective: We examined associations between neighborhood socioeconomic context and substance use among U.S. adolescents using nationally representative samples. We further tested whether these associations differed by urbanicity. Methods: Data were from 12th graders in 2016–2019 from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) study (n=54,108). Neighborhood socioeconomic context was measured by a disadvantage index in the zipcode of the schools MTF respondents attended, using data on residents’ economic status (income, public assistance, poverty) from the American Community Survey. Outcomes included past 30-day cigarette use, past 2-week binge drinking, and past 30-day cannabis use. Survey-weighted logistic models estimated associations between neighborhood disadvantage and the use of each substance, as well as interactions of the associations by urbanicity (urban, suburban, rural). Results: Neighborhood disadvantage was positively associated with adolescent cigarette use but inversely associated with binge drinking. After controlling for individual-level socioeconomic characteristics, the association between neighborhood disadvantage and adolescent binge drinking became non-significant. The associations of neighborhood disadvantage with cigarette use differed by urbanicity. In rural areas, adolescent cigarette use increased with greater neighborhood disadvantage, which was not observed in urban areas. No significant interaction effects were found for binge drinking and cannabis use. Conclusions: We found a complex interplay between neighborhood socioeconomic context and adolescent substance use, with patterns varying by both urbanicity and substance. This suggests the potential for tailored prevention and intervention efforts for adolescent substance use in particular neighborhood contexts.
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Young adults who heavily use substances may report significantly poorer memory decades later, a new @umisr.bsky.social study suggests. “Substance use has both acute and long-term effects on health and well-being,” said research professor Megan Patrick. 🔗: https://myumi.ch/79W2Q
Young adulthood is a critical period for brain development. New research from #MonitoringtheFuture @meganepatrick.bsky.social explores how substance use patterns established early on may have lasting consequences on memory & cognitive health much later in life. @umisr.bsky.social myumi.ch/P3PmQ
The brain remembers: The hidden cost of young adult substance use
Young adults who heavily use substances may report significantly poorer memory decades later, a new University of Michigan study suggests.
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Using @mtfstudy.bsky.social, Katherine Keyes, Yvonne Terry-McElrath & @meganepatrick.bsky.social find 1 in 15 young adults microdose hallucinogens, very often in the context of other substance use (rather than the theraputic applications that are typical of microdosing) myumi.ch/NrwrD
Epidemiology of Hallucinogen Microdosing Among Young Adults in the United States: A National Study
Introduction This paper aimed to determine the prevalence, demographic correlates and co-occurring substance use patterns of hallucinogen microdosing among young adults in the United States. Metho...
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Join our virtual Monitoring the Future @icpsrsummer.bsky.social workshops this summer! The workshops will provide an overview of the MTF Cross-sectional & Panel studies, focusing on the public-use & restricted-use data available from @icpsr.bsky.social & @nahdap.bsky.social Applications due 4/10
Using @mtfstudy.bsky.social data, researchers find depression and loneliness in adolescence predicts later life distress. Intervention and prevention efforts in adolescence are potentially critical for addressing late life mental health problems myumi.ch/qZewg
Persistence of loneliness and low self-esteem from adolescence through age 60 in the United States: results from the Monitoring the Future Panel Study - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Background Depression, loneliness and other psychological distress symptoms are common in the US; lifetime cumulative estimates and life course prospective persistence is under-studied. We use nationa...
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🚨 The 2026 Jerald and Virginia Bachman Fellowship application cycle closes in just a few days on 2/9. If you are a @umich.edu social science grad student, postdoc or junior faculty interested in using MTF data, we encourage you to apply!
Monitoring the Future@mtfstudy.bsky.social · 8mo agoAre you a @umich.edu social science grad student, postdoc or junior faculty interested in using #MonitoringtheFuture data? @umisr.bsky.social has a fellowship for you! The Bachman Fellowship provides support to analyze MTF data on a wide variety of social issues. Apply by 2/9: myumi.ch/A1EDj
New data alert 📢 The Monitoring the Future Longitudinal Panel Study mortality data is now available. The data file includes confirmed mortality status on Panel respondents from 1976-2021. Visit our study page at @nahdap.bsky.social for more info: myumi.ch/79DN9
What teens think their peers are doing can shape their behavior. ISR researcher Richard Miech explains how @mtfstudy.bsky.social data helps schools, families, and communities better understand teen drug use and support healthier outcomes. Watch now: myumi.ch/P3Rw5
The real world impact of ISR research: Richard Miech
In this video, Richard Miech, research professor in the Survey Research Center and the Principal Investigator of the Monitoring the Future (MTF) main study, discusses recent trends in adolescent drug ...
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New #MonitoringtheFuture research in @ajpmonline.bsky.social on medical cannabis use, ages 19–65, looked at past-year cannabis type use patterns across young & middle adults. Medical cannabis use was reported by 2.6% of all adults and 9.8% of those reporting past 12-month use. myumi.ch/15e4J
Medical Cannabis Use Across Ages 19–65 Years: U.S. Young and Middle Adults, 2018–2023
This study provides national data on cannabis use type (medical versus recreational only) across individuals aged 19–65 years and associations with ov…
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"For the fifth year in a row, use of most substances among teenagers in the United States continues to hover around the low-water mark reached in 2021." More results from the #MonitoringtheFuture study released today: myumi.ch/MkGNE
Reported use of most drugs remains low among US teens
For the fifth year in a row, use of most substances among teenagers in the United States continues to hover around the low-water mark reached in 2021.
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Are you a @umich.edu social science grad student, postdoc or junior faculty interested in using #MonitoringtheFuture data? @umisr.bsky.social has a fellowship for you! The Bachman Fellowship provides support to analyze MTF data on a wide variety of social issues. Apply by 2/9: myumi.ch/A1EDj
It's the first day of #GSA2025! Grab your beverage of choice and check out our full schedule of SRC presentations: myumi.ch/e3dVX
Jerald Bachman passed away on October 31, 2025. Bachman was one of the founding investigators of the @mtfstudy.bsky.social. Founded in 1975, Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of Americans from adolescence through adulthood myumi.ch/E8pg6
#Adolescent #DrugUse declined markedly after the onset of the #COVID19 pandemic in 2020. @mtfstudy.bsky.social’s Richard Miech finds use isn’t yet “hardened” with heavy users & #prevention programs have the potential to reduce teen drug use further myumi.ch/A1mXQ
The Intensity of Adolescent Substance Use Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Adolescent cannabis and alcohol use declined substantially following the COVID-19 pandemic onset in 2020. This study tests whether substance use “hardened,” defined as an increased proportion of heavy...
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Brooke Arterberry et al found that alcohol obsessive passion & coping motives are most associated with greater alcohol-related problems among college students who use both alcohol and marijuana myumi.ch/A1Gr4
Multivariate associations between passion, coping motives, and substance use outcomes in college students engaging in simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use
Prior studies have demonstrated separate impacts of passion and coping motives on substance use (SU). However, their joint influences on SU outcomes remain unexplored among college students engagin...
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Nearly 1 in 5 young adults use cannabis to fall asleep, according to new findings in JAMA Pediatrics. The study of 19-30 year olds also found 7.2% reported drinking alcohol to induce sleep. The extent of use was “pretty striking,” said @meganepatrick.bsky.social, who led the study.
Cannabis Commonly Used as a Sleep Aid Among Young Adults
Experts warn doing so may worsen sleep quality and raise the risk for substance abuse over time.
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New findings from the Monitoring the Future Panel Study, led by @meganepatrick.bsky.social, show that 22% of U.S. young adults aged 19-30 reported using cannabis or alcohol to help them fall asleep. myumi.ch/n196r
Sleep trap: Many young adults use cannabis to fall asleep
More than 1 in 5 young adults reported using cannabis or alcohol to help them fall asleep.
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Research from @mtfstudy.bsky.social finds the prevalence of solitary drinking among young adults - especially young women - has increased to levels on par with 1970s. Because it’s linked to future alcohol use disorder, ongoing monitoring is crucial. myumi.ch/G285q
Historical trends in young adult solitary alcohol use by age and sex from 1977 to 2022
Solitary drinking is linked to alcohol problems, but we know little about how common it is in young adults or how it has changed over time. Using national data from 1977 to 2022, this study found tha...
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