Total Marijuana Rehabilitation For You Or Your Loved One

While most claim that alcoholism and addiction are incurable "diseases," and that they are a result of innumerable factors, here at Passages Addiction Cure Center, we know that all dependency is a result of only four causes, which are:

1. Chemical imbalance in the brain;
2. Unresolved events from the past;
3. Beliefs you hold that are inconsistent with what is true;
4. An inability to cope with current conditions.

In order to cure you of your addictions, we must delve into the causes of your dependency. Notice that we do not claim that addiction is a disease or a result of genetics. Millions of people in the United States have parents who have been addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, while they are not. Addiction is not a disease, because it is actually a symptom that arises due to one of the four aforementioned causes. Once these causes have been discovered and healed, the symptoms disappear, and your dependency is forever cured. And here at Passages, this is exactly what we strive for. We want for you to live happily, peacefully, and in good health, completely free from the need to abuse addictive substances or behaviors, such as marijuana.

THE FACTS OF MARIJUANA ADDICTION

Despite informative drug education programs, a wealth of supportive literature, ever-increasing clinical evidence, and research on the subject, more and more people are experimenting with marijuana. Many young people, especially those aged between 18 and 25, experiment with the drug. While some people manage to avoid becoming addicted, a large portion do become psychologically dependent on the drug, addicted to its effects, and experience withdrawal when the drug is not taken, making it even more difficult to quit.

The effects of marijuana addiction can be subtle at first. Short-term memory can often diminish, and some users experience hallucinations, paranoia, and a skewed sense of time. Although cannabis (marijuana) abuse may not be fatal, marijuana abuse has chronic impacts, including a tendency to reduce motivation, impair memory, and otherwise desensitize.

Chronic marijuana abuse, like cigarette use, can create cancer and also results in respiratory problems such as regular chest colds, persistent coughs, an increased risk of pneumonia, and chronic bronchitis. Scientific evidence indicates that long-term, chronic marijuana use can even adversely affect the immune system and reproductive systems.

DESPITE CULTURAL PERCEPTION, MARIJUANA IS NOT A HARMLESS DRUG

Although marijuana is not as physically addictive as say, opiates, for example, the drug can still exert a tremendous psychological pull on those who abuse the substance.

Marijuana is much more loosely regulated than other drugs, and when this factor is combined with its popular cultural appeal, the result is that the drug seems safer and less risky. Additionally, poorly researched and politically motivated scientific studies have led some marijuana advocates to discount any negative reporting on the drug as the result of bias, leading to the perpetuation of marijuana usage.

These perceptual biases and myths about marijuana seem to validate the drug as harmless, even though many people dependent on drugs such as heroin and cocaine started with alcohol and marijuana and moved on to other much more addictive substances.

It is also important to consider that the marijuana of present day is not the same drug of 20 or 30 years ago. Today’s marijuana is much more potent, and is sometimes laced with PCP, dipped in formaldehyde, or smoked in combination with crack cocaine.

If you have any questions on marijuana abuse treatment or want to get up to speed on the latest insights into drug education, call us now, toll free at to speak to one of our intake counselors.

THE PASSAGES MARIJUANA TREATMENT PROGRAM

Fortunately for you or your loved one, Passages Addiction Cure Center, in beautiful Malibu, California, offers a cure for marijuana dependency, which so often leads to the abuse of harsher, more addictive substances. In order to achieve a permanent cure, we delve into the root causes of each client’s dependency with a highly individualized and comprehensive Marijuana Treatment Program. We carefully treat each marijuana rehab case individually, beginning with our breakthrough Marijuana Detox Program.

Once detox has been completed, we provide our patients with extremely beneficial therapy, including at least 65 individual sessions in a month-long stay. One-on-one therapy is one of the primary keys to achieving permanent sobriety, and is the foremost reason why the Passages treatment method is so unique and successful.

Your treatment team includes a clinical psychologist, a hypnotherapist, a spiritual counselor, a medical doctor we recommend, an acupuncturist, a drug and alcohol counselor, a marriage family therapist, a nutritionist, a physical trainer, a life purpose coach, a continuing care specialist for when you leave Passages and a massage therapist. In addition, our two directors, Chris and Pax Prentiss are available to meet with you personally. That level of care is not available at any other substance abuse center anywhere in the world.

Our holistic treatment approach, with the highest success rate in the country, includes:

We suggest comparing any other treatment program to ours to see where you would like to go to be permanently cured of your dependency.

THE UNMISTAKABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PASSAGES AND OTHER MARIJUANA REHAB CENTERS

Marijuana can have insidious impacts on not only your health, but also on your social life and your ability to cope with internal problems. Moreover, taking drugs of any kind is often a way to mask deeper, untreated problems.

We at Passages Addiction Cure Center will help you to uncover the origins of your marijuana dependency to expose and treat these underlying issues, whether they are feelings of hostility towards your parents, a nutritional deficiency, a latent depression or psychological problem, or some combination of several causes.

We offer complete, holistic rehab that treats the entire person who is dependent on addictive substances. We don’t expect one method to cure every person. Instead, we employ many different methods to treat you or your loved one psychologically, physically and spiritually.

COMPLETE, HOLISTIC MARIJUANA REHAB FOR YOUR TOTAL CURE

Although some of our clients begin our treatment program reluctantly, and maybe even as a result of family intervention, within a few days they have fully responded to the undeniable atmosphere of healing, to the love, and to the great expertise of our specialists.

One of the ways we address the deep underlying issues is with Clinical Psychology. Dr. Keith McMullen, Ph.D., and Clinical Director at Passages Addiction Cure Center, states that "continuing sobriety requires understanding the sources of pain and addressing them rather than finding a quick way to mask the pain."

According to Dr. McMullen, "everyone who has become dependent on drugs or alcohol can benefit from professional therapy…If you have lost control of your life, you have done so for reasons much deeper than the enjoyment of feeling high. If getting high is more important than one’s health, loving one’s family and friends, or having a meaningful life and career, there are issues underlying such behavior that must be addressed."

Passages Addiction Cure Center searches for and finds solutions to each client’s deep inner issues in an attempt to heal them psychologically as well as spiritually and physically. This is why our Marijuana Treatment Program is unrivaled by any other in the world.

To learn more about our successful treatment approach, read through a few testimonials from several grateful, content graduates of our Marijuana Treatment Program and please call us now at to learn how you can take control of your life again or help a loved one achieve independence from marijuana dependency.

For even more insight into curing your dependency by healing the underlying causes, read Chris Prentiss’s book, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure. It is available wherever books are sold. It will open your eyes as never before about how to cure dependency on marijuana and other drugs.

And remember, we believe in a cure, and we believe in you.