Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it's a verified and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which may cause both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Similar to other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time will become hooked on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly stop using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation two decades ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana often is really changing the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just automatically return to normal function once the person stops using marijuana, this will take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be a challenge for long-term users, because individuals will encounter withdrawal symptoms which can be tough to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression and other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for those who try to cease using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at alcohol and drug detox and alcohol and drug rehab programs in Bright to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and may obtain further rehabilitation services after detox.