Despite what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to think, it's a verified and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance which can cause both acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Similar to other substances, someone who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become dependent on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms when they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case 10-20 years ago, which makes it an even larger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana regularly is significantly changing how the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically return to normal operation as soon as the individual ceases using marijuana, this may take time. People 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 individuals will experience withdrawal symptoms which are often difficult to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause severe depression as well as other mental symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is so common for individuals who try to cease using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are available at drug and alcohol detoxification and drug rehabilitation programs in Andover to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and can receive further rehabilitation services following detoxification.