Despite what efforts to legalize and today's culture would lead you to believe, it's a verified and scientific proven fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive drug that may cause both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Like other drugs, anyone who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become hooked on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms whenever they initially quit using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, which makes it an even larger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana frequently is really altering the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal operation as soon as the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox is usually a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which may be difficult to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause extreme depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for those who try and stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are available at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Cairo to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and can obtain further treatment services following detoxification.