Marijuana Withdrawal

Like most addictive drugs, marijuana can and will cause some withdrawal symptoms.  These symptoms are typically psychological manifestations, and normally do not pose immediate health risks.  However, the long term use of marijuana, like any drug will cause health complications, and will also increase the intensity of withdrawal, making it that much more difficult to stop the drug all together.

Drug rehab, drug treatment, and drug detox centers will handle a large majority of marijuana users on any given basis.  Most drug users will use marijuana to help alleviate withdrawal symptoms from other drugs.

Withdrawal symptoms will occur typically immediately after use has stopped.  The duration of the withdrawal symptoms is depending on the amount used and frequency of use.

Withdrawal symptoms include:

• Irritability
• Restlessness
• Anxiety
• Hostility
• Depression
• Insomnia
• Excessive sweating
• Loss of appetite

The most common withdrawal symptom of marijuana is anxiety, because the drug will increase the production in the dopamine and serotonin receptors.  When marijuana is stopped it will cause a drastic drop in these two hormones, causing anxiety.

Most marijuana users do not complain of life threatening withdrawal symptoms.  It is primarily the anxiety and the irritability that most users will suffer from.  Most if not all of the drug rehab programs available can handle a marijuana withdrawal.