Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it's a verified and scientific indisputable fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance which can cause both short and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Similar to other drugs, a person who has used marijuana for an extended period of time will become dependent on its effects and definately will experience withdrawal symptoms should they initially quit using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case two decades ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana frequently is really changing the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function when the person ceases using marijuana, this can take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox is usually a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which may 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 severe depression and other mental symptoms for chronic users. That is why relapse is so common for many who try and quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detox and alcohol and drug treatment centers in Springfield to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and may obtain further treatment services following detox.