Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture would lead you to think, it is a proven and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which can bring about both short and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Like other drugs, anyone who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time can become dependent on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms when they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation twenty years ago, which makes it a much larger issue.

Someone who uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing how the brain functions, and so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation when the person stops using marijuana, this may take time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox is usually a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which may be hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal might cause severe depression and other psychological symptoms for long-term users. That is why relapse is so common for many who make an attempt to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are available at drug and alcohol detoxification and drug and alcohol rehab programs in New Auburn to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further treatment services after detox.