Suicide – Weeds of Wrath

Joey Dailidas (birth – death years)

There once was a little boy named Joey who laughed and played and loved his two big sisters. At age 14 he began to smoke pot, and by age 22 he was diagnosed with major depression and bipolar disorder. By age 24, he couldn’t live with the demons that whirled inside his beautiful mind anymore. …

Cannabis Induced Deaths | High Potency | Uncategorized

Levi Thamba Pongi (1994 – 2014)

Levi Thamba Pongi, a 19-year-old international Northwest College exchange student from the Republic of Congo, ate a marijuana cookie and became incoherent and paranoid. He jumped off a 4th floor balcony of a hotel in a suburban area northwest of Denver. On March 11, 2014 during spring break, Thamba and his friends went to Denver…

Hamza Warsame (1999 – 2015)

Hamza Warsame was the middle of five children, the son of Somalian refugee immigrants and a straight A student. When he fell six floors to his death on December 5, 2015 in Seattle, his family was shocked. His older sister, Ikram, said he was the one who always checked to see that other family members were…

Brian Fuller (2002 – 2021)

I wish I could go back and change my mindset. My son, Brian Fuller, committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound on October 15th, 2021. When investigating what could have caused my sweet boy to go to this extreme, I was shocked to uncover that Brian had been smoking Delta-8 THC carts along with high…

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David Childs (1999-2018)

Our son was happy and healthy before he started using marijuana at age 14. A friend introduced him to marijuana during a time when our family was supporting my wife in her fight against breast cancer. We noticed David changing rapidly, but attributed the change to puberty. After being kicked out of the private school…

Addiction - Increased Risks for Youth | Cannabis Use Disorder (Addiction) | Mental Health | Psychosis | Suicide

Tyler Southard (1994-2018)

Tyler was a sweet, friendly, super smart, and super talented young man. He loved animals, gaming, skateboarding, drawing & painting, and was a talented musician. He was a straight A student, with a 100% on his ACT math scores, until his marijuana use started affecting his grades, and his will to care. After high school,…

Randy Bacchus, Jr. (1999-2021)

Be Extraordinary, Be You. July 17, 2021, 1:26 AM: “My attitude with the music and everything has been way too self-righteous. I am done with the music. I’m quitting weed for good and want to surround myself with healthy and happy people. This has been too much for me and for you guys. I have…

Johnny Stack (2000 – 2019)

Johnny Stack was born on February 7, 2000, and died by suicide on November 20, 2019, at the age of 19. He was an incredibly intelligent, funny, charming, handsome young man, which you can see in his tribute video at https://johnnysambassadors.org/tribute. We are a regular suburban family that did regular family things. He had a happy…

Corey Langdale (1987-2011) and Alyssa Langdale (1989-2015)

When you bury a child, you die with them. Yet you still wake up each morning and somehow have to function in your “new” normal. I’ve always considered myself as “politically” correct so when marijuana became “medicine,” I didn’t think it would ever affect my life. It’s too late for me and many other parents…

Joshua Jimenez, (1991-2021)

On December 23, 2021, my son, Josh, took his own life by jumping in front of a train in Pecos, Texas. He was on his way home from California, where he had been dabbing Delta-8 and -9 THC. Joshua left our home in Texas after dabbing marijuana for the full month of December. He decided…