Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a verified and scientific proven fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive substance which may lead to both short and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Like other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for an extended time period will become dependent on its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms whenever they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case 10-20 years ago, which makes it a much bigger issue.

Somebody who uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly changing how the brain functions, and so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function when the person stops using marijuana, this may take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any 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 that may be difficult to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause severe depression and other psychological symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for those who try to quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox solutions are offered at drug detoxification and alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Hanging Rock to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may receive further rehabilitation services after detoxification.