Resources for Mass. parents concerned about youth cannabis use

June 16, 2025

Resources for Massachusetts parents concerned about youth cannabis use

Updated: 4:34 PM EDT Jun 16, 2025

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Mass. Behavioral Health Help Line — Free and confidential service to directly connect residents to clinical help, including urgent mental healthcare 24/7. No insurance needed. Call or Text 833-773-2445 Chat Now National Mental Health Helpline — Call 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Allies In Recovery — Science-based training for the family of people with addiction.Learn to Cope – a peer-led support network for families.The Partnership to End Addiction — hosts free online support meetings for parents and caregivers.NAMI Massachusetts – offers family support groups focused on mental illness, including including family members with loved ones who have experienced cannabis-induced psychosis.South Shore Peer Recovery – Education and treatment navigation help, open to all Mass. residentsMarijuana Anonymous – In-person meetings held weekly in Arlington and Greenfield. Several online options offered. Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program at Boston Children’s Hospital — more details at the link for the program.Addiction Recovery Management Service (ARMS) at Mass General Brigham — more details at the link for the program.Dr. Sharon Levy, chief of the Addiction Medicine Division at Boston Children’s Hospital, has an audiobook available on Audible called “How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs and Alcohol.”

Mass. Behavioral Health Help Line — Free and confidential service to directly connect residents to clinical help, including urgent mental healthcare 24/7. No insurance needed. Call or Text 833-773-2445 Chat Now

National Mental Health HelplineCall 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Allies In Recovery — Science-based training for the family of people with addiction.

Learn to Cope – a peer-led support network for families.

The Partnership to End Addiction — hosts free online support meetings for parents and caregivers.

NAMI Massachusettsoffers family support groups focused on mental illness, including including family members with loved ones who have experienced cannabis-induced psychosis.

South Shore Peer Recovery Education and treatment navigation help, open to all Mass. residents

Marijuana AnonymousIn-person meetings held weekly in Arlington and Greenfield. Several online options offered.

Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program at Boston Children’s Hospital — more details at the link for the program.

Addiction Recovery Management Service (ARMS) at Mass General Brigham — more details at the link for the program.

Dr. Sharon Levy, chief of the Addiction Medicine Division at Boston Children’s Hospital, has an audiobook available on Audible called “How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs and Alcohol.