Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it's a proven and conclusive indisputable fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which may bring about both acute and long-term physical and mental harm to users. Similar to other drugs, anyone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become dependent on its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the case twenty years ago, which makes it an even larger problem.

Somebody that uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing how the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation once the person stops using marijuana, this could take some time. Individuals 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 can be quite a challenge for habitual users, because individuals will encounter withdrawal symptoms which are often difficult to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause severe depression and other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for those who try to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detox and drug rehabilitation programs in Glenham to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and can receive further rehabilitation services after detoxification.