Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to think, it is a verified and conclusive fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which may lead to both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Like other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become hooked on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms when they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case twenty years ago, making it a much larger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana often is really changing the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just instantly return to normal operation once the individual stops using marijuana, this can take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox is usually a challenge for habitual users, because individuals will experience withdrawal symptoms which can be challenging 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 extreme depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. This is the reason relapse is so prevalent for those who make an attempt to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at alcohol and drug detoxification and drug and alcohol rehab facilities in Shiner to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may receive further rehabilitation services after detoxification.