Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it is a proven and scientific fact that marijuana can be an addictive drug that may bring about both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Like other substances, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become hooked on its effects and can encounter withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly stop using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't true twenty years ago, which makes it an even larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana often is significantly altering how the brain functions, so the brain can't just instantly return to normal operation when the person ceases using marijuana, this may take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because individuals will encounter withdrawal symptoms that may be hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression and other psychological symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for individuals who attempt to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services can be found at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol treatment facilities in The Pinery to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further treatment services following detox.