In spite of what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it's a proven and scientific proven fact that marijuana is an addictive substance that may lead to both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Similar to other drugs, anyone who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become hooked on its effects and may experience withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly quit using marijuana. Individuals today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing how the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function when the person stops 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 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 in nature as heroin withdrawal by way of example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal might cause severe depression as well as other psychological symptoms for long-term users. This is why relapse is so prevalent for those who try to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at alcohol and drug detox and drug and alcohol treatment programs in Red Dog Mine to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may obtain further treatment services following detox.