In spite of what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it is a verified and scientific fact that marijuana can be an addictive drug which may lead to both short and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Much like other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become dependent on its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation twenty years ago, making it an even larger issue.

Someone who uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing how the brain functions, so the brain can't just instantly return to normal function when the individual ceases using marijuana, this could take time. People 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 can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause severe depression along with other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for those who try to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities in Parkway Village to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and can obtain further treatment services after detox.