Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it is a verified and conclusive proven fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which may bring about both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Similar to other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period will become dependent on its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms when they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, making it an even bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana often is really altering how the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically return to normal operation as soon as the person stops using marijuana, this may take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause extreme depression as well as other psychological symptoms for chronic users. That is why relapse is really prevalent for individuals who try to stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and drug rehabilitation programs in Walnut Grove to help people through this course of action so they don't relapse and may receive further rehab services after detoxification.