‘Days before he died he told us marijuana had ruined his life’ Laura Stack on losing her 19-year-old son - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

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April 2, 2025 – Laura Stack’s oldest child Johnny died by suicide in 2019 after years of struggling with cannabis-induced psychosis. Now she travels the world warning young people of the dangers of the drug. 

“You can’t ever prepare for anything like that… it was just hell. It was the worst day of our lives.”

Their oldest son Johnny had died by suicide at the age of 19 after a five year battle with high potency marijuana addiction.

“He told us, three days before he died, that the marijuana had ruined his mind and his life, and that he was sorry and he loved us,” she says.

Six months after his death, the husband and wife established a non-profit organisation in his honour called Johnny’s Ambassadors to educate others about the dangers of marijuana addiction.

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