Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it's a proven and conclusive proven fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive drug which can bring about both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Similar to other drugs, a person who has used marijuana for an extended period of time will become addicted to its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, making it a much larger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana often is really changing how the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically return to normal operation as soon as the individual ceases using marijuana, this will take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox could be a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal by way of example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. This is the reason relapse is so common for many who make an attempt to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Harlem to help people through this course of action so that they don't relapse and can receive further rehab services following detoxification.