Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it's a proven and conclusive proven fact that marijuana is an addictive drug that may lead to both short and long-term physical and mental harm 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 should they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case twenty years ago, making it a much bigger issue.

Someone who uses marijuana on a regular basis is really altering how the brain functions, so the brain can't just instantly return to normal operation when the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms that may be tough to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause extreme depression and other psychological symptoms for chronic users. This is the reason relapse is so prevalent for many who attempt to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detox and drug rehabilitation facilities in Fox Lake to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further rehab services after detoxification.