Background Chronic pain is pain that is thought to last more than six months. Chronic pain can be mild to excruciating, episodic, or continuous (“Community,” n.d.). In chronic pain, pain can remain active in the nervous system for months or years (Ratini, 2004). A recent study estimated that 31% of the U.S. adult population suffers from chronic pain, most commonly low back pain or osteoarthritis (Bostwick, 2014). Chronic idiopathic (i.e., non-cancer-related) pain is a significant public health problem, characterized by significant emotional distress and impaired social and occupational functioning (Zvolensky, 2011). This discomfort and weakening leaves many adults feeling helpless and seeking treatment to manage their pain. In recent years, many patients suffering from chronic pain have turned to cannabinoids as a method for pain management. Cannabis (also called marijuana), from the Cannabis Sativa plant, for analgesic use is that the drug has been used for both therapeutic and recreational purposes for thousands of years. Cannabis is used recreationally due to the euphoria it produces (Campbell, 2007). Research focused on marijuana has increasingly indicated important links to the experience of pain, including use for the management of pain-related symptoms and medical illnesses. Cannabinoids may offer analgesic effects for pain related to medical illnesses, such as cancer. It may also be helpful in managing migraine pain. Finally, marijuana has often been used to manage pain-related symptoms, including nausea and vomiting (Zvolensky, 2011). Other medications used for pain management vary depending on the severity of the patient's pain; these medications include Advil, I...... middle of paper ...... and patient; thus showing its effectiveness in pain management. Smoked marijuana showed subjective improvement in symptoms compared to a smoked fake marijuana cigarette. With a single dose of cannabis, the most you can achieve is nociceptive pain equivalent to a single 60 milligram dose of codeine. In conclusion, cannabinoids represent a moderately effective and safe treatment option for chronic non-cancer pain. On the other hand, there is room for randomized controlled trials on cannabis, as well as pharmaceutical research and development based on new knowledge. Some of the effects that cannabinoids have had on chronic pain patients may be partly related to underlying aspects of the patient's life; therefore further comparative research could be carried out with traditional painkillers to improve the results of the other studies that have been carried out.