Welcome to Johnny’s Ambassadors! Our Youth THC Prevention online curriculum is FREE for EVERYONE! It doesn’t provide tracking or a certificate of completion when done like our Suspension Alternative does. However, there is NO LIMIT to how many students can take it.
Johnny’s Ambassadors is a 501c3 nonprofit founded by his mother after 19-year-old Johnny Stack died by suicide after becoming psychotic from dabbing high-potency THC concentrates in Colorado. We couldn’t find a web-based, self-paced, direct-to-teen, current curriculum on today’s high-potency marijuana that didn’t require an adult to teach it. So, we created one ourselves, thanks to the kind financial contributions of Johnny’s Ambassadors donors. When Johnny was suspended from school for being caught with THC, he got a free week of vacation, lost classroom time, and had no education. This online course provides education for middle and high school aged students. Parents can also take the course alongside their children, so they get the training as well.
Who can use this online curriculum for their students/children/patients/clients?
* School mental health professionals
* Counselors and therapists in private practice
* Behavioral health centers
* Drug courts
* School Resource Officers (SROs)
* Prevention education classroom teachers (prevention specialist, SAC, school nurse, health teacher, PE teacher, etc.),
* Boys and girls clubs
* Parents who want to educate their teens at home on the harms of youth THC use
Our online THC prevention course is:
* A self-paced, research-based, evidence-informed, direct-to-teen curriculum
* Created by researchers, doctors, and Ph.D. curriculum designers and approved by our Scientific Advisory Board.
* Targeted to middle and early high school students. Not suggested for elementary school students, as the science concepts are too difficult.
* Designed to educate and prevent THC use and raise awareness (this is NOT an intervention)
* Intended to reduce the gap between the perceived and actual harm of marijuana and prevent/decrease use.
This isn’t just any ol’ boring training! This highly-engaging course uses a colorful, superhero theme with gamification, simulations, music, interactive quizzes, gameshows, hand-drawn whiteboard videos, and peer-to-peer testimonials. The online lessons may be viewed from any browser. Use the NEXT button in the lower right corner to move through the course (you may have to scroll down to see the arrow depending on the size of your screen).
Module 0 is for adults/parents
Modules 1-8 are for teens/students
0. Parent/Adult module: Introduction, Welcome, and Top Ten Toking Tip Offs Gameshow
2. Types & Potency of Marijuana
3. Are THC and Marijuana Addictive?
4. Marijuana and Brain Development
6. Marijuana and Mental Illness
7. Can Marijuana Cause Suicide?
