Monitoring the Future (MTF), started in 1975, is a large-scale, long-term study of American youths, college students, and adults through age 45. The study grew out of an increasing concern regarding the health risks of both legal and illegal substance use during adolescence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery; Monitoring the Future]
Monitoring the Future survey
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