Johnny's TAG Teams supporting Johnny's Ambassadors, Inc.
Johnny's TAG Teams

About Johnny's TAG Teams

Calling all Youth Leadership Councils! Prevention Clubs! Student Councils! Community Coalitions Youth Leaders! Join Johnny’s TAG Team!


TEENS, how would you like to become a peer-to-peer educator to prevent youth THC use? Join Johnny’s TAG (Teen Ambassador Group) Team and become a trained advocate and mentor in your school or community!

TAG, you’re it! 

Johnny’s Ambassadors Youth THC Prevention, a nonprofit based in south Denver, CO, is seeking teens from student leadership councils, school prevention clubs, and community coalitions (or those looking to recruit students to be Johnny's Ambassadors). TAG TEAMS will be sharing the possible harms of youth THC use with other teens. Please help us spread the word! 


What can TAG Teams do? Here are just some examples!

  • Get trained in our age-appropriate curriculum (middle and high school versions) to prevent teen THC use (vaping, dabbing, edibles, and smoking). You’ll be provided with a PowerPoint presentation and notes on exactly what to say! You can customize the talks to 15, 30, or 45 minutes as needed. TAG Teams can give talks in health class, PE, biology, substance prevention classes, or in the community.
  • High school TAG teams can visit middle school health classes to give their talks.
  • Host a school assembly, where you present some content, and then students go out on a scavenger hunt to find the posters you will place around campus. We have a platform to help you hold the scavenger hunt, with a competition between classes, and the class that uploads the most photos wins!
  • Print and hang posters around school to educate your peers.
  • If your club or coalition has funding, you can order copies of the bookThe Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana: Johnny Stack’s Life and Death Story, for distribution at events. Or you can host a book club to read with your peers.
  • Give out copies of our prevention magazine at a table during lunch hour or print individual sheets to hand out at community events.
  • Meet with Johnny’s Ambassadors TAG TEAMs across the U.S. periodically to give us occasional input on creating educational materials.
  • Film videos to share on Instagram, and Johnny’s Ambassadors can boost your videos with advertising.
  • Wear our gear around school to get your peers to ask about Johnny’s Ambassadors.


Every TAG Team will need an adult sponsor, who will register and oversee your team. Sponsors will download and distribute the materials to their teams and practice the talk with you. Your TAG Team will watch a train-the-trainer video of Laura teaching the PowerPoint and then practice your presentation. Johnny’s Ambassadors has received a grant to pay adult sponsors a $250 stipend when the team first delivers a training to use as they wish. Just send a photo of the teens at the event. That’s it!

So, grab your friends and an adult sponsor and get started! The adult sponsor (not a teen, please) should register with your TAG Team. Adult sponsors will be registered in our platform to download the materials (they are too large to email), which you will then share with your TAG Team. Make your plans now for fall 2024 season to give your first talk!

Watch an informational video here.

Email Laura Stack at Laura@JohnnysAmbassadors.org for more information or questions!

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What do Johnny's TAG Teams get?

  • PowerPoint (middle and high school versions available)
  • Trainer Notes
  • Videos
  • One-Pager handouts for discussion
  • A license to use the materials
  • Access our platform to create your own events and fundraise for Johnny's Ambassadors (optional)
  • JOHNNY'S TAG TEAM pins for members of your team (by request)

How much does it cost?

Johnny's TAG Teams are FREE!

When an adult sponsor registers, we will register you on our platform to download the PowerPoint materials from the cloud. If you wish, you can invite your teen leaders to be part of your team and fundraise for Johnny's Ambassadors!

What is covered in the teen curriculum?

  • Meet Johnny – Who Was He?
  • Define the Terminology: Cannabis, Marijuana, Hemp, Delta-9, Delta-8, THC, CBD
  • Understand THC Potency – “Then” vs. “Now” Marijuana
  • Learn how THC is Extracted and how Concentrates are Made in a Lab
  • Calculate Dosage to Understand How Much THC is Going Into the Body
  • Learn how THC Gives Users the High Feeling by Mimicking Natural Endocannabinoids
  • Understand how THC Impacts Adolescent Brain Formation and Function by Binding to CB1 Receptors
  • Review the Dirty Dozen Impacts of THC Use on the Teen Brain
  • Learn What the FDA Has Approved as “Medicine” for Cannabis-Derived Products
  • Uncover the Research Between Teen THC Use and Mental Illness, Psychosis, and Suicidal Thinking
  • Understand What Happens When People Dependent on THC Try to Stop
  • Practice What do To and Say When Offered THC at a Party
  • Consider the Science When Making Decisions for Yourself in the Future

Thank you for being one of Johnny's Ambassadors!