Despite what initiatives to legalize and popular culture wants you to think, it's a verified and conclusive proven fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance which can 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 may experience withdrawal symptoms whenever they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case 10-20 years ago, making it an even larger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana regularly is significantly changing the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal function as soon as the person stops using marijuana, this will take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which may be challenging to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression as well as other psychological symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for many who try to quit using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug detoxification and drug rehabilitation centers in Del Monte Forest to help individuals through this process so that they don't relapse and may receive further treatment services after detoxification.