"My son has been smoking cannabis from the age of 18, he is now 28. The last 10 years have been a complete nightmare.........." Read more

"Hysterical, overblown, knee-jerk reaction of the anti-cannabis lobby, which has been going on ever since it was moved to class C. Having read your biased, self-serving account in the Guardian, my sympathies are all with William.........." Read more

"One more website from a family who can't control their kids how boring.........." Read more

"I cried when I read your article in the Guardian.  I cried for your son, for you and for the other members of your family.  I also cried for myself and my son Fred, who died on 7th October 2004.........." Read more

"I am writing because I am very concerned at reading the story about William. I am not convinced that the way he is behaving is down to cannabis. My thoughts are that he has manic depression. I'm not sure if he has been assessed for this, but it can easily be missed.........." Read more

"I was sent your article by my ex-husband. My husband works out of the country for 6 months per year and I have therefore been coping largely alone. We have a son who has been through this experience and is on a sometimes painful, sometimes elated recovery.........." Read more

"Your story has hit a nerve with me.  My son is 24 and now suffers from cannabis induced schizophrenia.  He has been in hospital twice, the first time he was sectioned as the voices were telling him to commit suicide. After stopping him from his attempt he was sectioned and spent 6 weeks in a secure unit before moving to a non secure unit where he was for another 3 months.  He does not accept that cannabis is harmful, he denies that he is smoking but there is the signs.  He admitted himself back to hospital just recently after the voices were gaining hold.  He is home again but lacks motivation to do anything other than pace.  I wonder how it all will end!"

"I think you were very brave to publish your story. I read some postings on this site and think there's something some people don't get. There is a big difference between someone puffing away recreationally and someone having problems with it. That is ADDICTION.........." Read more

"I feel compelled to write to you after reading your article in the Guardian and also your website; it was interesting reading to say the least.........." Read more

"I read your diary in the daily mail this morning. I have just stopped crying - My beautiful son Matthew started smoking cannabis at, I believe, about 13.........." Read more

"Hi my name is jay; I also have a son who is hooked on skunk; it also started when he was 14. He was a bright teenager doing well at school when he started smoking cannabis..........." Read more

"I'm sitting here in my office trying not to let my colleagues see the tears in my eyes after reading your diary. They are tears for you and your family and tears for what happened (and could have happened) to my daughter and to our family.........." Read more

"Hello Debora, I just caught you on GMTV this morning.  My son started cannabis at the age of 14 he is now 27.  He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when he was 17.........." Read more

"I was about 18 was the first time I smoked cannabis, I didn’t really enjoy it, but because I started a new job, I wanted to fit in, so on a night out I felt I had to try it.........." Read more

"My circumstances I feel are very similar to yours, except that I am a single mother.  My son is also 19 and I feel that the situation worsened when I lost my mother in 2002..........." Read more

"Hi this is my story, my son was a top a student leaving school with all a and a* for his results he got an award for the best results in the school.........." Read more

"Our story echoes yours so much, our son was 15/16 when he started smoking cannabis and he was a bright lad expected to do well in his GCSE’s but he changed so much.........." Read more

"My family is torn apart by my daughter’s drug taking. My daughter is 21. She started on cannabis and it has now led to heroin........" Read more

"(I know you won't print this) Cannabis saved my life. It helped me out of deep depression and connected me with the rest of society - helped make me feel again.........." Read more

"Hello I just watched the interview you gave on GMTV, Most of the information you gave was exactly how i would have put it. But there are many things that cannot be blamed on cannabis.........." Read more

"My son started smoking it when he was given some to swallow at school in his first week when he was rushed to hospital and was hallucinating. He is now 20 - I cannot live with him any more.........." Read more

"I'm 18 and a smoker. People killing just coz they smoke cannabis don't mean it was cannabis that done it.........." Read more

"My son is called Mark he is 20yrs old and homeless due to cannabis abuse, my husband and I have a story much like Debra.........." Read more

"I would like to thank Debra Bell so much for trying to make people aware and not to feel so alone in all this, my son started smoking cannabis at 14 and is now 17. His personality changed at 16 as I am reading the diaries I feel you are writing about my son. He is the youngest of 3 and my others are at University I know I have a long road ahead. Please carry on with the diaries as I feel it will really help me once again thank you so much I feel I know you."

" I completely understand what you are going through; I also have a son who has been on Cannabis and in the end I threw him out the house.........." Read more

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