In spite of what efforts to legalize and today's culture wants you to believe, it's a verified and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance that may cause both acute and long-term physical and mental harm to users. Much like other substances, somebody who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become hooked on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms if they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation twenty years ago, making it an even larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana on a regular basis is really changing the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically return to normal operation once the person ceases using marijuana, this may take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana 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 individuals will experience withdrawal symptoms which are often difficult to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal can cause extreme depression as well as other mental symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so prevalent for many who make an attempt to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are available at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Elgin to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may obtain further rehabilitation services after detox.