Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it is a proven and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive substance that may lead to both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Much like other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become addicted to its effects and definately will experience withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation two decades ago, which makes it a much bigger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana regularly is really altering the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal function when the person stops using marijuana, this can take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. This is why relapse is really common for individuals who make an attempt to quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are available at drug and alcohol detox and alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Lakeview to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may obtain further rehab services following detox.