In spite of what efforts to legalize and today's culture would lead you to believe, it is a verified and scientific proven fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which may bring about both short and long-term physical and mental harm to users. Like other substances, somebody who has used marijuana for an extended time period will become addicted to its effects and definately will encounter withdrawal symptoms when they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case twenty years ago, making it a much larger problem.

Somebody that uses marijuana often is really changing the way the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation when the individual ceases using marijuana, this will take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox could be a challenge for long-term users, because individuals will experience withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for long-term users. That is why relapse is really common for those who try to stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at alcohol and drug detox and alcohol and drug rehab centers in Jamestown to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may receive further rehab services after detox.