Despite what efforts to legalize and today's culture wants you to think, it is a proven and scientific fact that marijuana can be an addictive substance that may lead to both acute and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Similar to other drugs, a person who has used marijuana for an extended time period will become dependent on its effects and may encounter withdrawal symptoms should they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have very high grade marijuana available which wasn't true 10-20 years ago, making it a much bigger problem.

Someone that uses marijuana often is significantly changing how the brain functions, hence the brain can't just instantly return to normal operation when the person stops using marijuana, this may 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 encounter withdrawal symptoms which may be hard to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal by way of example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression as well as other psychological symptoms for chronic users. That is why relapse is so prevalent for those who try and stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are available at alcohol and drug detox and drug and alcohol rehab centers in Lake Orion to help people through this process so they don't relapse and can obtain further rehabilitation services following detoxification.