Today is 988 Day – please share 988 Day (September 8) is a national initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and emphasizing the importance of mental health and suicide prevention. Whatever you’re facing, big or small, your reason for seeking support is reason enough. I wish 988 had been around when Johnny took his life – maybe he might have texted or called to talk with someone when he was feeling suicidal. Call or text 988, 24 hours a day/7 days a week. JohnnysAmbassadors.org

We were so honored to have you speak at our conference! Everyone loved your session and learned so much about the impacts of THC on the adolescent brain.

Tell Congress: Oppose Efforts to Delay or Weaken the Federal Law Closing the Intoxicating Hemp Loophole In November 2025 Congress enacted Public Law 119-37, which closes the federal loophole that has allowed highly intoxicating hemp-derived THC products to be marketed and sold nationwide as "legal hemp." Now, some lawmakers, at the urging of the intoxicating Hemp Industry are attempting to delay, weaken, or overturn this important public health and consumer protection law using the FY 27 Continuing Resolution as the vehicle. We strongly oppose efforts to include a further implementation delay of the provisions in Public Law 119-37 that closed the hemp loophole in the FY 2027 Continuing Resolution now being considered by Congress. We encourage you to make sure your voice is heard. Please click HERE to contact your U.S. Congressional Delegation today and urge them to oppose these efforts by the industry, including proposals that would postpone implementation beyond the current one-year timeline. cadca.org/advocate-now/?vvsr…

Please help us fund three very important initiatives to prevent youth THC use this coming year! p2p.onecause.com/ja2026 It's that time of year again - time for the Johnny's Ambassadors annual fundraiser! We hold this event once a year during Suicide Prevention Month to help us fund our most pressing upcoming needs to save our youth from the harms of THC. Our goal is to raise $100,000 by September 30, 2026, for the following initiatives: ​1. School Assemblies We have a long list of schools that would LOVE to have an assembly, but they don't have the budget or the grant funding to allow them to bring Johnny's Ambassadors to their school. So, this year, we are raising funds to help schools in need! We'll give $50,000 of the goal in scholarships for middle and high school assemblies for those on our waiting list. The scholarship will waive the $5000 assembly fee, and schools will only pay a flat fee to cover travel costs. Please see below for a sample of some of those eager schools and why they are excited to receive your scholarship! ​2. Evidence-Based Designation We need $25,000 to have our assemblies and online curriculum evaluated for evidence-based training. We already have the pre- and post-assessment work done, so we have a neutral outside university lined up to evaluate our data under their statistician and publish the results. This evidence-based certification will allow us to apply for more grant-based and federal funding to help even more students in the future. ​3. TikTok Video Targeting We are seeking $25,000 in funding to work with a media company on a new technology called "geo fencing," to directly serve up educational content to teens who go to school within a particular radius of a city. We are starting with hot spots in Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Seattle. A 90-minute radius is drawn around those cities, so hundreds of thousands of teens will receive ads to their device via TikTok and websites they visit afterward. The call to action will allow them to join Johnny's Ambassadors’ new national youth leadership council! p2p.onecause.com/ja2026

Today, July 10, is 710 Day Dab. Make sure you know where your teens are at 7:10 PM today. What is it? johnnysambassadors.org/today… Today we share from the Drug Report: "Given that July 4–10 is National Marijuana Facts Week, the Drug Report has compiled a list of facts from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: * 64.2 million Americans aged 12 or older, including 2.7 million between the ages of 12–17, used marijuana in the past year. This number corresponds to 22.3% of Americans aged 12 or older and 10.4% of those between the ages of 12–17. * 20.6 million Americans aged 12 or older––or approximately one in three past-year marijuana users––had a marijuana use disorder in the past year. This condition is characterized by continued use despite negative consequences and is informally known as addiction to marijuana. * 35.2% of 12–17-year-olds thought there was a great risk of harm associated with smoking marijuana once or twice a week. In comparison, 76.2% thought there was a great risk of harm associated with using cocaine once or twice a week, while 76.1% thought the same about heroin. * 34.9% of 12–17-year-olds said it would be fairly easy or very easy to obtain marijuana. In comparison, it was 7.6% for cocaine and 4.7% for heroin. * 11.7 million Americans aged 16 or older drove under the influence of marijuana in the past year, corresponding to 4.3% of this population. Among 21–25-year-olds, the percentage doubled to 8.6%. * 102,000 pregnant women between the ages of 15–44 used marijuana in the past month. In comparison, 95,000 drank alcohol in the past month. * 53% of individuals aged 18 or older with a marijuana use disorder also had a mental illness. In comparison, 41% of adults with an alcohol use disorder also had a mental illness. * 10.8% of past-year marijuana users aged 18 or older had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. In comparison, 5.8% of past-year alcohol users aged 18 or older had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. Created by Johnny’s Ambassadors in 2021, National Marijuana Facts Week “raises public awareness about the dangers of today’s high-potency marijuana and THC products on adolescent brain development, mental illnesses such as Cannabis-Induced Psychosis, and suicidality.”

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Welcome to National Marijuana Facts Week! JohnnysAmbassadors.org/nmfw The Association Between Major Depressive Disorder and Cannabis Use Disorder: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Analysis A 2026 study in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, which reviewed the findings of 55 prior studies, found that approximately 31% of individuals with cannabis use disorder (CUD) had major depressive disorder (MDD). The study, led by researchers in Brazil, also found that approximately 10% of people with MDD had CUD. The researchers concluded that “cannabis use may exacerbate depressive symptoms, while individuals with MDD are at an increased risk of developing CUD.” This study helps to illustrate how marijuana use and depression often exacerbate each other, highlighting why policymakers should further invest in prevention and treatment interventions. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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