Is it ever necessary to go to rehab for marijuana use?

Some would say no, it isn’t. They base this response on some of the following ideas:

1) There is no physical withdrawal with quitting marijuana

2) There is no potential for overdose with marijuana

3) Most people do not get strung out on marijuana to the point that they become homeless, lose jobs, lose marriages, etc. The immediate effects from the drug are not as devastating as with other drugs such as alcohol, cocaine, or heroin.

But in spite of all this, it still makes sense for some people to go to marijuana rehab. If their life is out of control and they are seriously sidetracked from attaining their goals, then rehab might be just the diversion that they need in order to get back on track.

Ideally, rehab for weed would be a long term setting in which a person can get back to living a “normal” life without the lifestyle of smoking weed every day. Getting past this daily ritual is an important part of recovery. We used to self medicate every day by smoking weed, and now we have to learn how to deal with life on our own terms. This is not necessarily easy to do but this is the process of recovery. Our reward is true freedom if we can learn how to live a new way of life. Long term treatment is one of the best settings for doing this, especially if you are a young person. Without long term, it will be difficult or even impossible to walk away from all of your friendships and using buddies in active addiction and start any kind of new life for yourself. It is far easier to just continue to use the drugs for most people.