Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it is a verified and conclusive fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive substance which can bring about both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Like other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged time period can become addicted to its effects and may experience withdrawal symptoms if they initially quit using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, which makes it an even larger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana often is really changing the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal function as soon as the individual ceases using marijuana, this could take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal might cause severe depression as well as other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for many who try to stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detoxification and alcohol and drug treatment centers in Vienna to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further treatment services following detox.