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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!
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
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
🚨 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!
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
Visit our study page at @nahdap.bsky.social for more info: myumi.ch/79DN9
January 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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
Visit our study page at @nahdap.bsky.social for more info: myumi.ch/79DN9
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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
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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January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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
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
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
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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…
myumi.ch
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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
myumi.ch/15e4J
"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
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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December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"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
More results from the #MonitoringtheFuture study released today: myumi.ch/MkGNE
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
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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
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It's the first day of #GSA2025! Grab your beverage of choice and check out our full schedule of SRC presentations: myumi.ch/e3dVX
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's the first day of #GSA2025! Grab your beverage of choice and check out our full schedule of SRC presentations: myumi.ch/e3dVX
Headed to #GSA2025 this week? Find us at booth 222 for swag and data! #MonitoringtheFuture
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Headed to #GSA2025 this week? Find us at booth 222 for swag and data! #MonitoringtheFuture
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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
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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
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#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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October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#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
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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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October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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
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.
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.
myumi.ch
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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.
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.
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.
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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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October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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
myumi.ch/n196r
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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...
myumi.ch
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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
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Along with a brand new website - src.isr.umich.edu - we are launching a quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR
September 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Along with a brand new website - src.isr.umich.edu - we are launching a quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR
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Flavored cannabis vaping is now the top method of cannabis use among teens.
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
September 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Flavored cannabis vaping is now the top method of cannabis use among teens.
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
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Using @mtfstudy.bsky.social data, Richard Miech & coauthors find correlations between flavored e-cigarette use and tobacco & substance use among US youth. The authors recommend closing regulatory loopholes & implementing bans on flavored e-cigarettes to reduce youth nicotine use myumi.ch/dgqp4
Correlations Between Flavored E‐Cigarette Use and Tobacco and Substance Use Among US Youth, 2021 to 2023
Policy Points Menthol-flavored e-cigarettes are disproportionately used by youth who co-use other substances; allowing menthol sales may undermine efforts to reduce poly-tobacco and poly-substanc...
myumi.ch
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Using @mtfstudy.bsky.social data, Richard Miech & coauthors find correlations between flavored e-cigarette use and tobacco & substance use among US youth. The authors recommend closing regulatory loopholes & implementing bans on flavored e-cigarettes to reduce youth nicotine use myumi.ch/dgqp4
Are you a researcher interested in using #MonitoringtheFuture data? We are committed to providing access to MTF data, including longitudinal data! For more info on data sets, visit the @nahdap.bsky.social data portal to start your MTF data journey!
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September 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Are you a researcher interested in using #MonitoringtheFuture data? We are committed to providing access to MTF data, including longitudinal data! For more info on data sets, visit the @nahdap.bsky.social data portal to start your MTF data journey!
bit.ly/MTFdatasets @icpsr.bsky.social
bit.ly/MTFdatasets @icpsr.bsky.social
The full #MonitoringtheFuture Panel study annual report is now available!
The 2025 report, which focuses on substance use ages 19-65, includes new tables/figures on driving after substance use & substance use disorder.
Monitoring the Future Panel Report: myumi.ch/9p3xX
The 2025 report, which focuses on substance use ages 19-65, includes new tables/figures on driving after substance use & substance use disorder.
Monitoring the Future Panel Report: myumi.ch/9p3xX
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The full #MonitoringtheFuture Panel study annual report is now available!
The 2025 report, which focuses on substance use ages 19-65, includes new tables/figures on driving after substance use & substance use disorder.
Monitoring the Future Panel Report: myumi.ch/9p3xX
The 2025 report, which focuses on substance use ages 19-65, includes new tables/figures on driving after substance use & substance use disorder.
Monitoring the Future Panel Report: myumi.ch/9p3xX
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The percente of young & midlife adults using nicotine pouches significantly increased last year, while cannabis use, vaping & psychedelic drugs are at or near all-time highs, according to the latest data from @umisr.bsky.social's Monitoring the Future. myumi.ch/VVn4x h/t @meganepatrick.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The percente of young & midlife adults using nicotine pouches significantly increased last year, while cannabis use, vaping & psychedelic drugs are at or near all-time highs, according to the latest data from @umisr.bsky.social's Monitoring the Future. myumi.ch/VVn4x h/t @meganepatrick.bsky.social
“Alcohol continues to be the most commonly used substance across age groups, followed by cannabis and nicotine,” said @meganepatrick.bsky.social
Learn more & explore data on substance use among young adults attending college, as well as those who have not attended college: myumi.ch/154zr
Learn more & explore data on substance use among young adults attending college, as well as those who have not attended college: myumi.ch/154zr
Nicotine pouch, cannabis, vaping, psychedelic use on the rise among US adults
The percentage of young and midlife adults using nicotine pouches significantly increased last year, while cannabis use, vaping and the use of psychedelic drugs are at or near all-time highs, accordin...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“Alcohol continues to be the most commonly used substance across age groups, followed by cannabis and nicotine,” said @meganepatrick.bsky.social
Learn more & explore data on substance use among young adults attending college, as well as those who have not attended college: myumi.ch/154zr
Learn more & explore data on substance use among young adults attending college, as well as those who have not attended college: myumi.ch/154zr
The % of young & midlife adults using nicotine pouches significantly ⬆️ last year, while cannabis use, vaping & the use of psychedelic drugs are at or near all-time highs, according to the latest data via University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future Panel survey. #monitoringthefuture
August 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The % of young & midlife adults using nicotine pouches significantly ⬆️ last year, while cannabis use, vaping & the use of psychedelic drugs are at or near all-time highs, according to the latest data via University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future Panel survey. #monitoringthefuture
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An annual Gallup has been tracking a downturn in drinking since 2023. This coincides with @mtfstudy.bsky.social, which has shown a significant decline in young people's drinking over the last decade www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...
U.S. Drinking Drops to New Low, Poll Finds
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August 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
An annual Gallup has been tracking a downturn in drinking since 2023. This coincides with @mtfstudy.bsky.social, which has shown a significant decline in young people's drinking over the last decade www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...
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A new study from @umisr.bsky.social & @cmu.edu reveals 40% of young drinkers report drinking alone, a pattern linked to significantly higher risk of alcohol use disorder. Solitary drinking is often tied to coping with anxiety & depression, making this a red flag for future harm.
More: myumi.ch/W6Pw5
More: myumi.ch/W6Pw5
July 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new study from @umisr.bsky.social & @cmu.edu reveals 40% of young drinkers report drinking alone, a pattern linked to significantly higher risk of alcohol use disorder. Solitary drinking is often tied to coping with anxiety & depression, making this a red flag for future harm.
More: myumi.ch/W6Pw5
More: myumi.ch/W6Pw5
Solitary drinking has soared among young adults, ⬆️ to rates not seen since the late 1970s.
This trend, found in a #MonitoringtheFuture & @cmu.edu study, is especially evident in young women, shrinking the historical gender gap in this high-risk drinking behavior.
Learn more: myumi.ch/3RmGD
This trend, found in a #MonitoringtheFuture & @cmu.edu study, is especially evident in young women, shrinking the historical gender gap in this high-risk drinking behavior.
Learn more: myumi.ch/3RmGD
July 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Solitary drinking has soared among young adults, ⬆️ to rates not seen since the late 1970s.
This trend, found in a #MonitoringtheFuture & @cmu.edu study, is especially evident in young women, shrinking the historical gender gap in this high-risk drinking behavior.
Learn more: myumi.ch/3RmGD
This trend, found in a #MonitoringtheFuture & @cmu.edu study, is especially evident in young women, shrinking the historical gender gap in this high-risk drinking behavior.
Learn more: myumi.ch/3RmGD