Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it's a verified and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which can bring about both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Like other substances, anyone who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become dependent on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms whenever they initially quit using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, which makes it an even bigger issue.

Somebody who uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly changing the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal function when the person ceases using marijuana, this could take time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms that may be tough to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression and other psychological symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for individuals who attempt to cease using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detox and alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Fort Rucker to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further rehabilitation services following detoxification.