In spite of what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a proven and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana is definitely an addictive substance which can bring about both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Similar to other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become dependent on its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Individuals today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case 10-20 years ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana on a regular basis is really altering the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal function as soon as the individual stops using marijuana, this may take time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as the drug 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 are often challenging to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for long-term users. This is why relapse is so prevalent for those who try to quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are available at drug and alcohol detoxification and alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Wheeling to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further treatment services after detoxification.