Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it's a proven and scientific proven fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive substance 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 will become dependent on its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms should they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't true 2 decades ago, making it a much larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana regularly is significantly changing the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function when the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every 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 habitual users, because individuals will encounter withdrawal symptoms which are often hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause severe depression along with other mental symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for many who try and quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug detox and drug and alcohol treatment programs in Peshtigo to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and can receive further rehab services following detox.