University of Michigan’s panel Monitoring the Future has followed high schoolers about drug and alcohol use for 50 years, establishing a gold standard on tracking teen substance use, which started declining at the turn of this century. New results for 2024 show the decline continues in drug, alcohol, and vaping—good news. Click for the full story and data.
That’s right on target from a generational theory perspective. Gen Z Homelanders are the next “Silent Generation, the doted-on, risk-averse, 'nice' generation of kids who grew up during the Great Depression and World War II.”