Category: Share your THC story

Our son Randy was a creative, handsome, humorous, loving, kind-hearted, and gentle soul.  He had his struggles from a very young age with ADHD, low executive functioning, and a slow processing speed. However, he never failed because he was also blessed with several “workarounds” including fabulous memorization skills, and high verbal and written acuity.… Read the rest

February of 2021 I fell into a cannabis-induced psychosis. At the time I was 27 years old living in Florida alone in my new condo. I had began smoking in December of 2020 and slowly my close friends and family notice a change in my behavior and personality.… Read the rest

“Mom, I truly have no desire to use anymore.” I held my breath hearing those words come from my son’s mouth last week. A year ago our family was in turmoil because of his erratic behavior. Behavior that through this group I have learned was directly tied to his marijuana use-vaping, ingesting, who knows what else.… Read the rest

I want to thank Laura so much for her book, it has been so relevant and helpful to me because my son has gone through a similar experience.  I have been very naïve about the types of marijuana and THC levels, so Laura’s book was a great help to me in terms of education on marijuana, the impacts on the young adult brain, and also an incredible help to me as a parent struggling with my 19 year old who was using marijuana at what I know realize were toxic levels of THC. … Read the rest

My son started using Marijuana at age 13.  He took his own life age 30 in Dec, 2021.

He struggled with addiction, and with many interventions from his parents, he attended rehab in South Africa for a year, and a sober living house for 18 months. … Read the rest

This challenge has already turned into a journey of winding ways. Every smile he shows on his face makes my heart leap and my mood elate but then on the hard days, when he is taken from me into a world of his own reality and his sweet affectionate loving self is gone my heart breaks and the fears rise again.… Read the rest

Zachary was a sweet, active, and outgoing person. He survived ALL ( childhood leukemia) as a child. He grew up in a Christian family and school. He played competitive ice hockey for over 10 years playing defense and loved to check his competitors.… Read the rest

I just wanted to thank you for what you are doing and I’m so sorry for the loss of your son. Our 17 year old, J., started vaping marijuana at the age of 15. He has been hospitalized with suicidal thoughts and severe self harm twice, and severe paranoia.… Read the rest

Hi Laura – I hope this email finds you and your family well.
It’s so hard to believe the holidays are upon us…..a busy time for all.

I just want you to know my son’s PROGRESS….yes, progress.

As I look at this word and associate it to him, I feel an overwhelming amount of gratitude.… Read the rest

Trevor London Leopold, was a loving human being with a huge heart which he willingly shared with so many others. From an early age Trevor loved animals, his first word being duck and his first friend being his dog “goodgirl” Kirby, with a zoo of animals in his room throughout his childhood, including guinea pigs, rats, frogs raised from tadpoles, through current pets Bowzer and Maverick.… Read the rest