Despite what efforts to legalize and today's culture would lead you to think, it's a proven and conclusive indisputable fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance which may lead to both short and long-term physical and mental harm to users. Like other substances, a person who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become dependent on its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, making it a much larger issue.

Somebody who uses marijuana regularly is really altering how the brain functions, so the brain can't just instantly return to normal function when the individual ceases using marijuana, this could take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which are often hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression and other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for many who try and stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and alcohol and drug rehab facilities in Brookfield Center to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and may receive further rehabilitation services after detox.