Hi, my name is Melissa Altom. I’m a family physician in Aurora, MO and I have 2 teenage sons. About 2 years ago, I read Johnny’s story, which moved me deeply, and began receiving your emails. I told my sons about Johnny and had them read his story and watch Johnny’s tribute video.… Read the rest
Jennifer S. — September 15, 2022
Our son Nathaniel was 26 when he shot himself in our home while we were there on August 13th 2022. We had no idea he was suicidal. It was only within that week he started not acting like himself. Tons of packages of survival stuff started arriving and he only went to work one day.… Read the rest
Kevin — September 8, 2022
Hi Laura.
My name is Kevin O’Bannon and I ran across your story on The Addiction Podcast – Point of No Return. I was searching for something to set my mind at ease. Let me tell you my story, if that’s okay. … Read the rest
Anonymous — July 28, 2022
My adult son, 23 began using THC/Delta 8 when it became legal here in North Carolina in 2018, his sophomore year of college. He dropped out of college in the middle of his Jr Year to focus on a New App he and a friend was building and also focus on his paintings, he’s an artist.… Read the rest
Gino — July 28, 2022
Firstly, I’m so sorry for the loss of your son. I cried all the way through his tribute video. What a great kid, such an incredible shame.
THC has destroyed my life too I’m afraid. I ate two edibles 6 months ago and I’ve never been the same since.… Read the rest
Ethan E — July 5, 2022
My name is Ethan Elder. My son is Finnegan Elder. He is currently in prison in Rome Italy for killing a policeman. Three years ago he and his friend where out in Rome on a summer night. They had a drug deal that went bad.… Read the rest
Lisa — July 5, 2022
In pain currently, dealing with 16 year old son not listening to anything that I tell him. He was hospitalized at the end of October into November after weeks of extreme paranoia and persecutory delusions. It got so scary that he was seeing morphing faces and he couldn’t understand basic language spoken to him. … Read the rest
Linda W — June 7, 2022
My son, K, who is 20, has had two very serious cannabis-induced psychotic breaks in the last year and a half that were absolute hell. As K was growing up he played soccer, hockey, and tennis, and we all spent time together with family at the lake house every summer.… Read the rest
Julie S — June 7, 2022
My 15 year old son Kaeden died by suicide in November 2021. He jumped 7 stories from a local parking garage. Two days prior to his death, he attended a party and ingested a crazy amount of THC from his peer’s dab pen.… Read the rest
Elle W — May 29, 2022
My story starts in the winter of 2020. I was in my Freshman year of high school, and we were out because of Covid. All throughout my middle school years, if a friend had nicotine I would take a hit, just to know what it tasted like.… Read the rest