Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to think, it's a proven and scientific fact that marijuana can be an addictive drug that may lead to both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Much like other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time can become addicted to its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, making it an even bigger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana regularly is significantly altering the way the brain functions, and so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function as soon as the person stops using marijuana, this will take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for habitual users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which may be difficult to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal might cause extreme depression as well as other mental symptoms for chronic users. This is the reason relapse is really prevalent for individuals who make an attempt to stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services can be found at drug detox and drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Woodstock to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further treatment services following detox.