Despite what initiatives to legalize and today's culture would lead you to believe, it's a verified and scientific proven fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance that may cause both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Similar to other substances, anyone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become dependent on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms should they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, making it an even bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana regularly is significantly changing the way the brain functions, and so the brain can't just instantly return to normal function once the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take some time. People 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 encounter withdrawal symptoms which are often tough to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression and other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for many who try to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and alcohol and drug rehab facilities in Barview to help people through this course of action so that they don't relapse and may receive further rehab services after detoxification.