Tragic Loss Due to Marijuana and Psychosis
TestimonyStory★★★★★Okay. Today is the third anniversary of my 18-year-old’s death. We didn’t know till he died that somebody was giving him medical marijuana. He was acting very aggressive and violent towards us, his personality totally changed.
I called him at work, made a big mistake not knowing much about marijuana, thinking it’s a harmless drug like everyone else. I was totally wrong. He actually, after work, after I called him and I yelled at him, Instead of coming straight home, he used all the marijuana he had because he knew mom and dad were going to take everything away.
He had a psychosis, crashed his car into a tree near our house, survived that crash, walked out onto I-95 and was run over and killed. He was hit, the first person that hit him, the first car was a 28 year old. The history of DUI, marijuana, drunk driving. So my question is kind of loaded.
I feel extremely guilty because I caused his death. And I plus Aaron wasn’t was not baptized. So I kind of I’m wondering, is there a chance that he could be in heaven and will I be forgiven for what I did?
— Anita
Batchelor, Doug; Ross, Jean, “It’s Not How It Seems” (AudioVerse teaching 30021).
The point
A mother shares the tragic story of her 18-year-old son's death, which occurred after he developed psychosis from medical marijuana use, became aggressive, and then, after being confronted, consumed all his marijuana, crashed his car, and was fatally hit on a highway. She expresses deep guilt and questions his salvation and her own forgiveness.