In spite of what initiatives to legalize and today's culture wants you to believe, it is a proven and scientific proven fact that marijuana can be an addictive drug that may lead to both acute and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Like other substances, somebody who has used marijuana for an extended period of time will become hooked on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms should they initially quit using marijuana. Individuals today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation twenty years ago, making it a much larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly changing the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation once the individual stops using marijuana, this may take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the 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 tough to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression along with other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for those who attempt to cease using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are available at alcohol and drug detoxification and drug and alcohol rehab programs in Fillmore to help people through this process so they don't relapse and can obtain further rehabilitation services following detox.