In spite of what efforts to legalize and today's culture would lead you to believe, it's a proven and scientific indisputable fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive substance which can cause both short and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Much like other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time will become hooked on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms should they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation two decades ago, which makes it a much larger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana often is significantly altering the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation as soon as the individual ceases using marijuana, this will take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your 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 difficult to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal might cause severe depression along with other mental symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for those who try to quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Northampton to help people through this course of action so that they don't relapse and can receive further treatment services after detox.