Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it is a verified and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance that may cause both short and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Much like other substances, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become hooked on its effects and definately will experience withdrawal symptoms when they initially stop using marijuana. Individuals today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, which makes it an even larger issue.

Someone who uses marijuana regularly is significantly altering the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just instantly return to normal operation when the person stops using marijuana, this can take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox could be a challenge for habitual users, because individuals will encounter withdrawal symptoms which are often 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 severe depression and other psychological symptoms for chronic users. This is why relapse is so common for those who try and quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services can be found at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol rehab programs in Stanton to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further rehab services following detoxification.