In spite of what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it's a proven and conclusive proven fact that marijuana can be an addictive drug which may lead to both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Much like other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become addicted to its effects and may experience withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the case twenty years ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana frequently is really altering how the brain functions, and so the brain can't just automatically return to normal operation when the individual stops using marijuana, this can take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox could be a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which are often hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause extreme depression and other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for many who make an attempt to stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are available at alcohol and drug detox and drug rehabilitation centers in Athol to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further treatment services following detox.