Despite what initiatives to legalize and today's culture wants you to believe, it's a proven and conclusive indisputable fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which can bring about both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Similar to other substances, a person who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become dependent on its effects and definately will experience withdrawal symptoms if they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, which makes it a much bigger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana regularly is significantly changing the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal function once the individual stops using marijuana, this can take time. People 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 can be a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause extreme depression and other mental symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is really common for those who attempt to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and drug rehab facilities in South Russell to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and may receive further rehab services after detoxification.