Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a proven and scientific fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which can cause both short and long-term physical and mental harm to users. Similar to other drugs, somebody who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become addicted to its effects and definately will experience withdrawal symptoms whenever they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, which makes it an even bigger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana often is significantly altering the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal operation once the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take time. Individuals 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 could be a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which may be difficult to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal by way of example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal might cause severe depression as well as other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for those who try and quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are available at alcohol and drug detox and drug and alcohol treatment programs in Newton to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and may receive further treatment services following detoxification.