Cannabis-Induced Psychosis: A Mother’s Story of Love and Loss w/ Tara Couture of Slowdown Farmstead
In 2021 they got the knock on their door that every parent fears most...
In the days that followed the police visit to their house Tara and her family discovered eighteen-year-old Mila’s journal and were able to piece together the shocking and devastating chain of events that led to her death.
Tara’s Instagram and Substack, Slowdown Farmstead, is followed and admired by tens of thousands of people. Tara and her husband raised their three daughters on their beautiful Canadian farm, lovingly tending to and butchering their own livestock in order to nourish their family and community. Deeply acquainted with the cycles of nature, Tara has a perspective on the interconnectedness of life and death that was the daily reality for our ancestors but eludes most modern people.
But that did not prepare her for what could happen when a drug that is now bred to be as strong as any pharmaceutical- and which is often misunderstood as being a benign herbal medicine- snuck its way into her daughter’s life at a vulnerable time and completely rewired her brain in a matter of months.
It is our hope that sharing Mila’s story will make more people aware of the increasingly common psychosis that is a side effect of the new high-THC strains of cannabis on the market, and especially of its dangers for the developing teenage brain.
Tara's essay What Happened To Our Daughter- don't miss the dozens of resources about the risks of cannabis at the end
Patreon bonus conversation w/ Tara- What We Want Our Daughter To Know: women, restriction, chronic illness & more on Tara’s metabolic journey
Thank you for sharing this, Amber. I remember reading this mother's heartbreaking account a few years ago and feel like this information is so vital for parents and everyone to know. These risks are being obscured by a now very powerful industry in the same way pharmaceutical harms are often strategically concealed for the sheer motive of profit. Truly evil and devastating. Tara is beyond courageous to share her story, and she and her family will be in my prayers ♡
I'm glad this is being talked about. Thank you!!