Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a verified and scientific fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive substance which can lead to both short and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Similar to other substances, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become dependent on its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms when they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case 10-20 years ago, making it an even larger issue.

Someone that uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing how the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just instantly return to normal operation as soon as the person stops using marijuana, this will take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for habitual users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms that may be tough to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for individuals who make an attempt to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be found at alcohol and drug detox and alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Plover to help people through this process so they don't relapse and can receive further rehab services after detox.