In spite of what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to think, it's a verified and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which can bring about both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Like other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become hooked on its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, making it an even larger issue.

Somebody that uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing how the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function once the person stops using marijuana, this may take some time. People 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 is usually a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause severe depression and other mental symptoms for long-term users. This is why relapse is so common for those who try to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug detox and drug rehabilitation programs in Riverdale to help individuals through this course of action so that they don't relapse and may obtain further rehabilitation services following detoxification.