Despite what efforts to legalize and today's culture wants you to think, it is a verified and conclusive proven fact that marijuana is an addictive substance that may cause both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Similar to other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become hooked on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, which makes it a much larger issue.

Someone who uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly altering the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal operation once the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which may be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause extreme depression and other mental symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for individuals who try and stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be obtained at drug and alcohol detox and alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Havelock to help people through this course of action so they don't relapse and may receive further treatment services following detox.