Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a verified and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana can be an addictive drug which can bring about both short and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Much like other drugs, anyone who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time can become addicted to its effects and may experience withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the case 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 instantly return to normal function when the individual stops using marijuana, this will take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as the drug is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox could be a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which are often hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause severe depression along with other mental symptoms for long-term users. This is why relapse is so prevalent for many who attempt to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in St Augustine Beach to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further rehabilitation services after detox.