In spite of what initiatives to legalize and today's culture would lead you to believe, it is a verified and conclusive undeniable fact that marijuana is an addictive substance which can bring about both short and long-term physical and psychological injury to users. Similar to other drugs, someone who has used marijuana for a prolonged period of time will become hooked on its effects and can experience withdrawal symptoms if they initially stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the situation 10-20 years ago, which makes it a much larger issue.

Somebody who uses marijuana often is significantly altering the way the brain functions, hence the brain can't just automatically readjust to normal operation as soon as the individual stops using marijuana, this can take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like any other drug, as the drug is eliminated from the body and the body readjusts to normal operation without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be quite a challenge for long-term users, because users will encounter withdrawal symptoms which may be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical in nature as heroin withdrawal for example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal could cause extreme depression and other mental symptoms for chronic users. For this reason relapse is so common for those who try and stop using marijuana on their own. Marijuana detox solutions are available at alcohol and drug detox and drug rehabilitation programs in Gibraltar to help people through this course of action so that they don't relapse and can obtain further rehabilitation services following detoxification.