In spite of what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a proven and scientific proven fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which may bring about both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Like other substances, a person who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become addicted to its effects and can encounter withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Individuals today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation twenty years ago, making it a much bigger issue.

Someone that uses marijuana often is really altering how the brain functions, hence the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal function when the individual stops 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 can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which are often hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause extreme depression along with other mental symptoms for chronic users. This is why relapse is so common for individuals who try and stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be obtained at alcohol and drug detoxification and drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in University Park to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may obtain further rehab services following detoxification.