In spite of what initiatives to legalize and popular culture would lead you to believe, it's a proven and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive drug which can cause both short and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Much like other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become dependent on its effects and definately will experience withdrawal symptoms when they initially stop using marijuana. Individuals today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case two decades ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Somebody who uses marijuana on a regular basis is significantly altering the way the brain functions, therefore the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation once the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any 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 habitual users, because users 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 chronic users. That is why relapse is so common for those who try and stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services can be found at drug detox and drug and alcohol treatment centers in Palo Alto to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and may receive further treatment services after detoxification.