Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it's a verified and conclusive proven fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which may cause both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Like other substances, somebody who has used marijuana for an extended time period will become dependent on its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms should they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, making it an even bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana regularly is significantly altering the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal operation when the person stops using marijuana, this will take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal might cause severe depression and other psychological symptoms for long-term users. This is why relapse is so common for those who attempt to cease using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug detox and drug and alcohol treatment centers in Paxton to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further rehabilitation services after detoxification.