In spite of what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it is a proven and scientific fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which can cause both short and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Much like other drugs, anyone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time will become dependent on its effects and definately will experience withdrawal symptoms whenever they abruptly stop using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, making it a much larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly altering the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation when the individual ceases using marijuana, this will take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox could be a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be challenging to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause extreme depression as well as other psychological symptoms for long-term users. This is the reason relapse is so common for many who try to cease using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services can be obtained at drug and alcohol detoxification and drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in Second Mesa to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further rehabilitation services following detoxification.