In spite of what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a verified and scientific proven fact that marijuana is an addictive substance that may bring about both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Similar to other substances, a person who has used marijuana for an extended time period will become dependent on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms whenever they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the case 10-20 years ago, which makes it a much larger issue.

Someone that uses marijuana often is significantly changing the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just instantly return to normal function when 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 users will experience withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression and other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for many who try and quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox solutions are available at drug detoxification and drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Woodward to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and may receive further treatment services after detox.