In spite of what efforts to legalize and popular culture would lead you to think, it's a verified and scientific undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which may cause both acute and long-term physical and mental harm to users. Like other substances, a person who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time will become dependent on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms if they abruptly quit using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't the situation two decades ago, making it an even larger problem.

Somebody that uses marijuana regularly is significantly changing how the brain functions, so the brain can't just automatically return to normal function when the individual ceases using marijuana, this can take some time. People actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as marijuana is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be a challenge for habitual users, because individuals will experience withdrawal symptoms which are often difficult to endure. These symptoms may not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause severe depression and other psychological symptoms for long-term users. For this reason relapse is really common for those who try and quit using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detox and drug treatment facilities in Cobleskill to help people through this process so that they don't relapse and may obtain further rehab services after detox.