Despite what efforts to legalize and today's culture wants you to believe, it is a proven and scientific proven fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance which can cause both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Similar to other substances, somebody who has used marijuana for an extended period of time will become addicted to its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms should they initially quit using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation two decades ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana frequently is significantly altering the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function once the person stops using marijuana, this can take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana 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 encounter withdrawal symptoms which may be difficult to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression along with other psychological symptoms for long-term users. That is why relapse is so prevalent for many who try and quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services can be found at drug detox and drug treatment centers in Mamou to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further rehabilitation services after detox.