Saving Our Youth from the Harms of THC
Sadly, we are discovering more children being exposed to THC and other substances starting even in 4th and 5th grade! This was quite a conundrum, because Johnny’s story made them too sad. So, we decided to focus on resilience skills to create a substance-free life.… Read the rest
My son Jesse was always highly sensitive, kind, empathic, articulate, and affectionate. He loved physical activity, lived for social connection, and was a gifted musician. Everyone loved Jesse, and he had wholesome, beautiful friends.
In the last two years of high school, he was diagnosed as ADD and given medication.… Read the rest
From a young age, our Bilal was the kind of child people marvel at: compassionate, silly, talented, and brilliant. Graduating early and starting college at 16, he had more education, social engagement, employment experience, and mental health support than most young men his age.… Read the rest
Laura has developed a new THC prevention presentation for young people ages 16 to 22, for junior/senior high school and college students. This was developed by popular demand due to the rampant use of THC in college and the misnomer that it’s safe (the brain is still forming until 25-30 years old).… Read the rest
At 15, before his THC use, our middle son was happy-go-lucky, clever, handsome, and funny. Beloved by his family, with tons of friends. By 17, he became very angry and started isolating. We tried to talk to him, but he refused to engage.… Read the rest
CANNABIS USE DISORDER AND PSYCHOSIS: A DEVELOPING PROBLEM
Mounting epidemiological evidence indicates that the development of cannabis use disorder (CUD) may potentiate psychosis risk. Recent large-scale studies have shown a four-fold increase over the last two decades in the proportion of schizophrenia that can be attributable to CUD in Denmark (cited in [1, 2]) and a near tripling of CUD-associated psychosis cases in Ontario [2].… Read the rest
When my daughter was a college freshman, she was living at home, working, and taking classes toward her bachelor’s degree in psychology. She was always an artistic, extremely bright, and level-headed girl. Aside from the typical “bumps” in the road as a teenager, we enjoyed a close relationship as a family: going to church on Sundays, visiting theme parks, seeing movies, and traveling together often. All… Read the rest
Johnny’s Ambassadors two books, The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana: Johnny Stack’s Life and Death Story, and The Impact of THC on Our Children: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare are FREE on eBook from Aug. 20-24, 2025.
My son started using marijuana at the age of 15.
Before any judgment begins, yes, we always had conversations about drugs. My son grew up in a home without drugs, alcohol, or smoking.
In 2015, he left for college in Oklahoma, and unbeknownst to me, obtained a medical marijuana card online.… Read the rest
In 2018, a group of European researchers observed, from a statistical analysis of the European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene-Environment Interactions (EU-GEI) study, that first-episode psychosis (FEP) varied widely among geographic regions in Europe. The original study appeared in the January 2018 issue ofJAMA Psychiatry.… Read the rest