Despite what initiatives to legalize and today's culture wants you to believe, it is a verified and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance that may lead to both short and long-term physical and mental harm to users. Much like other drugs, anyone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time will become hooked on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms should they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation 2 decades ago, which makes it an even larger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing how the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function as soon as the person stops using marijuana, this may take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any 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 experience withdrawal symptoms which may be challenging to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. This is why relapse is so common for those who try to cease using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be found at alcohol and drug detoxification and alcohol and drug treatment programs in Mount Ayr to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and may receive further rehabilitation services following detox.