Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a verified and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive substance that may cause both short and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Like other substances, anyone who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time can become addicted to its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms whenever they abruptly stop using marijuana. Individuals today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, which makes it a much bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana frequently is really altering the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation as soon as the individual stops using marijuana, this will take time. Individuals 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 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 extreme depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for many who try to quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be found at drug and alcohol detox and alcohol and drug treatment programs in Clark to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and can obtain further rehabilitation services after detoxification.