Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it's a proven and conclusive fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which can cause both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Similar to other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended time period will become dependent on its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms whenever they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case 10-20 years ago, which makes it a much larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana often is significantly altering how the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just instantly return to normal function once the person stops using marijuana, this can take some time. People 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 can be quite a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which may be difficult to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression and other mental symptoms for long-term users. This is the reason relapse is so prevalent for individuals who try and quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox solutions are available at alcohol and drug detoxification and drug and alcohol rehab programs in Puckett to help people through this process so they don't relapse and can obtain further treatment services after detox.