Joe Schrank has been sober for two decades, but he’s not annoying about it.

In fact, he may be the only social worker in California who supports the use of pot without ever smoking it himself. A tattooed, six-foot-five former USC football player, Schrank graduated with a master’s degree in clinical social work from the University of Illinois, then got hired as a residential therapist at Promises, a Malibu detox center known for hosting addicted celebrities such as Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr., and Lindsey Lohan. Later, Schrank moved to New York, founded the city’s first sober living home, cofounded the addiction and recovery website The Fix, and worked with local authorities to establish the first recovery program in an area high school.

The focus of Schrank’s graduate work was... Read More