Despite 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 acute and long-term physical and mental injury to users. Like other drugs, a person who has used marijuana for an extended period of time can become dependent on its effects and will experience withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana available which wasn't the case two decades ago, which makes it a much bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana frequently is significantly altering how the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically return to normal function as soon as the person ceases using marijuana, this could 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 is usually a challenge for habitual users, because individuals will encounter withdrawal symptoms which can be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal for instance, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause severe depression as well as other psychological symptoms for long-term users. This is the reason relapse is so prevalent for those who try and cease using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox services are offered at drug and alcohol detox and drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Germantown to help individuals through this process so they don't relapse and may obtain further rehabilitation services following detox.