Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture wants you to believe, it is a verified and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which can lead to both short 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 will encounter withdrawal symptoms when they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation two decades ago, which makes it an even bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly changing the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just automatically return to normal function once the person stops using marijuana, this may take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any 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 long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression as well as other psychological symptoms for chronic users. This is the reason relapse is so prevalent for those who try and quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be found at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol rehab facilities in Wilson to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further treatment services after detoxification.