Despite what efforts to legalize and today's culture wants you to believe, it's a proven and scientific indisputable fact that marijuana is an addictive drug that may cause both short and long-term physical and psychological harm to users. Similar to other drugs, a person who has used marijuana for an extended time period can become dependent on its effects and can encounter withdrawal symptoms whenever they abruptly stop using marijuana. Users today have extremely high grade marijuana at their disposal which wasn't the case two decades ago, which makes it a much bigger problem.

Someone who uses marijuana regularly is significantly altering how the brain functions, and so the brain can't just instantly readjust to normal operation when the person stops using marijuana, this can take some time. Individuals actually detox from marijuana, like every other drug, as the drug is eliminated from your body and the body readjusts to function without marijuana. So marijuana detox can be a challenge for long-term users, because users will experience withdrawal symptoms which may be challenging to endure. These symptoms might not be as physical as it is with heroin withdrawal as an example, but marijuana detox and withdrawal may cause extreme depression and other mental symptoms for long-term users. This is why relapse is so common for those who try and stop using marijuana by themselves. Marijuana detox services are available at alcohol and drug detoxification and alcohol and drug rehab centers in Melbourne to help people through this process so they don't relapse and may receive further rehab services after detox.