Despite what efforts to legalize and today's culture wants you to think, it is a verified and conclusive fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance that may cause both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Similar to other substances, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period will become dependent on its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms should they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, making it an even larger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana frequently is significantly changing the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation as soon as the person ceases using marijuana, this could take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be challenging to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal by way of example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause extreme depression and other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for many who make an attempt to stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at alcohol and drug detox and drug rehab programs in Sisseton to help people through this course of action so that they don't relapse and can receive further rehabilitation services after detox.