In spite of what efforts to legalize and today's culture would lead you to believe, it's a proven and conclusive indisputable fact that marijuana is an addictive drug that may cause both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Much like other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become dependent on its effects and may experience withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation twenty years ago, making it an even larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana regularly is really changing the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function once the individual stops using marijuana, this can take time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every 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 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 example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for long-term users. That is why relapse is so common for many who try to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are available at drug detoxification and alcohol and drug rehab programs in Portage to help people through this course of action so that they don't relapse and can obtain further rehabilitation services following detox.