In spite of what efforts to legalize and today's culture would lead you to believe, it is a proven and scientific fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which may lead to both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Similar to other substances, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time can become addicted to its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't true 2 decades ago, which makes it a much bigger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly altering how the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just automatically return to normal function when the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as the drug is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which may be hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is really common for individuals who try to cease using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be found at alcohol and drug detox and alcohol and drug rehab centers in Bryn Mawr to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and can obtain further treatment services after detox.