Cannabis Induced Psychosis - 16 Year Journey

This mother shares a 16-year journey navigating her son’s cannabis use disorder and severe schizophrenia, beginning when he first used marijuana as a gifted teenage athlete and spiraling into academic failure, psychosis, homelessness, and repeated relapses tied to high-potency cannabis and edibles. She describes years of misdiagnosis, loss of parental rights, and watching her son live out of his car across multiple states before eventually securing guardianship and effective treatment. Her story highlights the lack of public education around the mental health risks of modern marijuana, especially for youth, the failures of regulation and enforcement compared to alcohol, and the devastating consequences for families. She also emphasizes hope—sharing how clozapine, the only FDA-approved treatment for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, dramatically improved her son’s quality of life after years of suffering. Her message is a call for honest, science-based education, meaningful regulation to protect children, and earlier access to effective treatment so other families don’t have to endure the same long and painful road. Learn more about CIP at: International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis - www.iasic1.org Every Brain Matters - https://everybrainmatters.org/ Smart Approaches to Marijuana - https://learnaboutsam.org/ One Chance to Grow Up - https://onechancetogrowup.org/ Moms Strong - www.momsstrong.org Johnny's Ambassadors - www.johnnysambassadors.org If you have a story you'd like to share, learn more about the process and reach out to us at our website - https://www.texas-pictures.com/Share....