In spite of what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it's a verified and scientific indisputable fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which can lead to both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Like other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period will become dependent on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms if they initially stop 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 issue.

Someone who uses marijuana on a regular basis is really altering the way the brain functions, and so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function when the person stops using marijuana, this can take some time. People 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 is usually a challenge for habitual users, because individuals will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be challenging to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for long-term users. This is the reason relapse is so common for individuals who try and stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox solutions are offered at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Oakley to help people through this process so they don't relapse and can obtain further rehabilitation services after detoxification.