Contact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Young adults ages 19 to 30 nearly doubled their past 12-month use of non-LSD hallucinogens in the United States from 2018 to 2021, according to a study by the University of Michigan and Columbia University. In 2018, the prevalence of young adults’ past-year use of non-LSD hallucinogens was 3.4%.… Continue reading Hallucinogen use other than LSD on the rise among young adults
News Tag: Monitoring the Future
Nicotine vaping now one of the top forms of substance use among teens
Contact: Bernie DeGroat, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Nicotine vaping is one of the most common types of substance use for teenagers in 2022, according to results from a national study released today. Among 8th grade students, 7% vaped nicotine in the past 30 days in 2022, compared to 6% who used alcohol and 5% who used cannabis.… Continue reading Nicotine vaping now one of the top forms of substance use among teens
Marijuana, hallucinogen use at all-time high among young adults
Contact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching historic highs in this age group since 1988, according to the Monitoring the Future panel study. The MTF study is… Continue reading Marijuana, hallucinogen use at all-time high among young adults
Teen use of illicit drugs decreased in 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued
ANN ARBOR—Declines in adolescent use of illicit drugs reported in 2021 were the largest and most sweeping ever recorded in the past 46 years, according to the Monitoring the Future study. A research team of professors at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research has conducted annual, nationally representative surveys of students in grades… Continue reading Teen use of illicit drugs decreased in 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued
American young adults report having fewer sexual partners, higher rates of abstention
ANN ARBOR—A number of behaviors in younger adults that increase risk for the transmission of HIV/AIDS have declined or changed between 2010 and 2020, according to the national Monitoring the Future study. In the ongoing national study of high school graduates 21-30 years old, investigators at the University of Michigan have been tracking risk and… Continue reading American young adults report having fewer sexual partners, higher rates of abstention
Daily marijuana use among US college students reaches new 40-year high
National study also shows increases in hallucinogen use, reaching highest level among college students since early 1980s ANN ARBOR—Daily marijuana use increased in 2020 to an all-time high among U.S. college students over the past four decades, according to the University of Michigan’s annual national Monitoring the Future panel study. In addition, the annual use… Continue reading Daily marijuana use among US college students reaches new 40-year high
Smoking, tobacco use among teens continues to drop even as use of e-cigs grows
ANN ARBOR—Despite the increase in use of e-cigarettes among adolescents, cigarette and smokeless tobacco prevalence declined more rapidly between 2012 and 2019 than in previous periods, according to a new study. The analysis by the University of Michigan and Georgetown University shows that past 30-day and daily use of both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco fell… Continue reading Smoking, tobacco use among teens continues to drop even as use of e-cigs grows
From pills to powder: 1 in 3 high school seniors who misused prescription opioids later used heroin
ANN ARBOR—Nearly one-third of students who reported misusing prescription opioids as high school seniors between 1997 and 2000, but did not have a history of medical use, later used heroin by age 35, according to a University of Michigan study. The research also found that 21% of seniors in the same period, who misused prescription… Continue reading From pills to powder: 1 in 3 high school seniors who misused prescription opioids later used heroin
Dramatic increases in vaping marijuana, nicotine among US college students, young adults
ANN ARBOR—Vaping marijuana and vaping nicotine have increased dramatically among 19-to-22-year-olds, with both more than doubling between 2017 and 2019, according to the University of Michigan’s annual U.S. national Monitoring the Future Panel Study. In addition, use of marijuana in any form in 2019 among young adults was at or near the highest levels seen… Continue reading Dramatic increases in vaping marijuana, nicotine among US college students, young adults